Sec. 9302. Northeast Corridor planning
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Section 24904 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsection
(e)as subsection (f); by striking subsection (c); by redesignating subsections
(a)and
(b)as subsections
(b)and (c), respectively; by inserting before subsection (b), as so redesignated, the following: Not later than December 31, 2021, the Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 24905 (referred to in this section as the Commission ) shall submit to Congress a service development plan that identifies key state-of-good-repair, capacity expansion, and capital improvement projects planned for the Northeast Corridor, to upgrade aging infrastructure and improve the reliability, capacity, connectivity, performance, and resiliency of passenger rail service on the Northeast Corridor. The service development plan required under paragraph
(1)shall— provide a coordinated and consensus-based plan covering a period of 15 years; identify service objectives and capital investments needs; provide a delivery-constrained strategy that identifies capital investment phasing, an evaluation of workforce needs, and strategies for managing resources and mitigating construction impacts on operations; describe the anticipated outcomes of each project or program, including an assessment of improved capacity, travel time, and other benefits and costs of proposed investments; include a financial strategy that incorporates available funding and identifies funding needs and potential sources of such funding; and be updated at least every 5 years. ; in subsection
(b)(as redesignated by paragraph (3))— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)by striking Not later than and all that follows through shall and inserting Not later than November 1 of each year, the Commission shall ; in subparagraph
(A)by striking a capital investment plan and inserting an annual capital investment plan ; and in subparagraph
(B)by inserting for the Northeast Corridor after capital investment plan ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph
(A)by striking and network optimization ; in subparagraph
(B)by striking and service ; in subparagraph
(C)by striking first fiscal year after the date on which and inserting fiscal year during which ; in subparagraph (D)— by striking identify, prioritize, and all that follows through and consider and inserting document the projects and programs being undertaken to achieve the service outcomes identified in the Northeast Corridor service development plan, once available, and the asset condition needs identified in the Northeast Corridor asset management system described in subsection
(e)and consider ; and in clause
(i)by inserting overall estimated before benefits ; in subparagraph (E)(i) by striking normalized capital replacement and ; in subparagraph
(F)by adding and at the end; by striking subparagraph (G); and by redesignating subparagraph
(H)as subparagraph (G); and in paragraph (3)— by striking paragraph (2)(H) and inserting paragraph (2)(G) ; in subparagraph (A)— by inserting anticipated before funding sources ; and by inserting and, in the absence of an authorization or appropriation of funds for a fiscal year, be based on the amount of funding available in the previous fiscal year, plus inflation after methods ; in subparagraph
(B)by striking expected allocated shares of costs and inserting status of cost sharing agreements ; in subparagraph
(C)by striking and at the end; by redesignating subparagraph
(D)as subparagraph (E); and by inserting after subparagraph
(C)the following: include any funding needs in excess of amounts authorized or otherwise available in a fiscal year; and ; in subsection
(c)(as redesignated by paragraph (3)) by striking may be spent only on and all that follows through the end and inserting may be spent only on capital projects and programs contained in the Commission’s capital investment plan from the previous year. ; and by striking subsection
(d)and inserting the following: The Commission shall gather information from Amtrak, the States in which the Northeast Corridor is located, and commuter rail authorities to support development of the capital investment plan. The Commission may specify a format and other criteria for the information submitted. Submissions to the plan from Amtrak, States in which the Northeast Corridor are located, and commuter rail authorities shall be provided to the Commission in a manner that allows for a reasonable period of review by, and coordination with, affected agencies. With regard to existing infrastructure, Amtrak and other infrastructure owners that provide or support intercity rail passenger transportation on the Northeast Corridor shall develop an asset management system, and use and update such system as necessary, to develop submissions to the Northeast Corridor capital investment plan described in subsection (b). Such system shall— be timed consistent with the Federal Transit Administration process, as authorized under section 5326, when implemented; and include, at a minimum— an inventory of all capital assets owned by the developer of the plan; an assessment of asset condition; a description of the resources and processes necessary to bring or maintain those assets in a state of good repair; and a description of changes in asset condition since the previous version of the plan. . Section 24317(d)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subparagraph
(B)by striking 24904(a)(2)(E) and inserting 24904(b)(2)(E) ; and in subparagraph
(F)by striking 24904(b) and inserting 24904(c) . Section 24911(e)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 24904(a) and inserting 24904(b) .