PASSENGER RAIL INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENT ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 6003), H5233, H5245, H5249, H5254, H5255, H5257, H5258, H5259, H5261 [11JN]

———consideration (H. Res. 1253), H5125 [10JN]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 294, provisions, H6802 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

Bloated Payroll Behind Metro's Budgetary Woes, H5251 [11JN]

Time To End Metro's Gravy Train, H5251 [11JN]

Washington Metro Needs Reform, Not a Federal Bailout, H5252 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 6003): consideration (see H. Res. 1253), H5110 [9JN]

Letters

Provisions: Astrid C. Glynn, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, H5229 [11JN]

———Edward R. Hamberger, Association of American Railroads, H5229 [11JN]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 6003), H5263 [11JN]

Enact (S. 294), H6788 [22JY]

Remarks in House

Amtrak: authorize grants to create storage for bicycles on trains, H5231 [11JN]

———encourage collaboration with local and regional commuter rail agencies on train schedules and routing in shared corridors, H5255 [11JN]

———ensure any high-speed rail system built in the Northeast allows for station stops at busiest rail hubs, H5246 [11JN]

———evaluate passenger rail service between New York, NY, and the rail stations in Cornwells Heights, PA, and Princeton Junction, NJ, H5259, H5260 [11JN]

———expand commuter rail between New Haven, CT, and Springfield, MA, H5258, H5259 [11JN]

———issue report on use of biobased lubricants, H5231 [11JN]

———permit States to apply a percentage of their Amtrak operating and capital investments toward the local matching requirement, H5231 [11JN]

———prohibit funding for long distance route with highest cost per seat/mile ratio, H5120 [10JN], H5255-H5257 [11JN]

———provide for private shareholders to have their shares redeemed, H5225 [11JN]

———require study on impact of raising station platforms on the safe and efficient boarding of trains by all passengers, H5246 [11JN]

Buy American Act: compliance, H6788-H6790, H6792 [22JY]

Dept. of Transportation: issue grants to States for capital cost of facilities and equipment necessary to provide new or improved intercity passenger rail service, H5122 [10JN], E1225 [12JN]

———require study of train horn technology, H5257 [11JN]

———study feasibility of extending South Central High-Speed Rail Corridor south of San Antonio, TX, H5228 [11JN]

Enact (H.R. 6003), H3713 [13MY], H5222-H5233, H5245-H5265 [11JN], H5855 [23JN], H6195 [8JY], H8340 [17SE], E875 [8MY], E1211, E1225 [12JN], E1271 [18JN]

———consideration (H. Res. 1253), H5119-H5126 [10JN]

———corrections in engrossment, H5265 [11JN]

———motion to recommit, H5263, H5264 [11JN]

Enact (S. 294), H6756-H6773 [22JY], E1541 [23JY]

———motion to instruct conferees, H6788-H6790, H6792 [22JY]

Ohio: restore high-speed passenger rail service to certain urban corridors, H5231 [11JN]

Railroads: provide for the financing of high-speed rail infrastructure, H5226 [11JN]

———study extent to which freight and passenger rail operators could use domestically available alternative fuels to power locomotives and other rail vehicles, H5263, H5264 [11JN]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security against terrorist attacks and other security threats to rail and mass transit lines, H5229 [11JN]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and improving transit system, H5250-H5254 [11JN]

———require local jurisdictions to establish a reliable source of funding for Metro operating and maintenance costs prior to receiving Federal funding, H5232, H5248 [11JN]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (S. 294): unanimous-consent request, S7511 [26JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 6003, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1253) (H. Rept. 110-703), H5110 [9JN]

Provisions: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 6003) (H. Rept. 110-690), H5042 [5JN]

Statements

Energy Benefits of Amtrak, H6792 [22JY]

Provisions: Executive Office of the President, H5120 [10JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 1253, consideration of H.R. 6003, provisions, H5119 [10JN]

H.R. 6003, provisions, H5233-H5244 [11JN]

S. 294, provisions, H6756-H6769 [22JY]