Sec. 9304. Interstate rail compacts
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Section 410 of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 ( Public Law 105–134 ; 49 U.S.C. 24101 note) is amended— in subsection (b)(2) by striking (except funds made available for Amtrak) ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of Transportation shall— make available on a publicly accessible website a list of interstate rail compacts established in accordance with subsection (a); provide information to the public regarding interstate rail compacts, including how States may establish interstate rail compacts under subsection (a); and annually update the information provided under paragraph (2). .
Chapter 229 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall develop and implement a competitive grant program for providing administrative assistance, including salaries, benefits, travel, and other administrative expenses, to eligible applicants to support interstate and regional efforts— to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of intercity passenger rail; and to promote and develop intercity passenger rail service, including through initiating, restoring, or enhancing intercity passenger rail service.
In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall consider— the amount of other funding received by an applicant (including funding from railroads) or other significant participation by State, local, and regional governmental and private entities; the applicant’s work to facilitate and encourage regional planning for passenger rail improvement, enhancement, and development; the applicant’s work to foster, through rail transportation systems, economic development, particularly in rural communities, for socially disadvantaged individuals, and for disadvantaged populations; the applicant’s efforts to provide guidance to local communities on public and private resources relate to community concerns, such as congestion, rail and grade crossing safety, trespasser prevention, quiet zones, idling, and rail line relocations; whether the applicant seeks to restore service over routes formerly operated by Amtrak, including routes described in section 11304(a) of the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015 (title XI of division A of Public Law 114–94 ); the applicant’s intent to provide intercity passenger rail service to regions and communities that are underserved or not served by other intercity public transportation; whether the applicant is enhancing connectivity and geographic coverage of the existing national network of intercity rail passenger service; the applicant’s efforts to engage with entities to deploy railroad safety technology or programs, including trespassing prevention, rail integrity inspection systems, or grade crossing safety; whether the applicant prepares regional rail and corridor service development plans and corresponding environmental analysis; and whether the applicant has engaged with the Federal, local, or State government and transportation planning agencies to identify projects necessary to enhance multimodal connections or facilitate service integration between rail service and other modes, including between intercity rail passenger transportation and intercity bus service, commercial air service, or commuter rail service.
In selecting grant recipients, the Secretary shall give preference to applicants that are initiating, restoring, or enhancing intercity rail passenger transportation. The Secretary shall prescribe the form and manner of submitting applications under this section. The Secretary shall establish performance measures for each grant recipient to assess progress in achieving strategic goals and objectives. The Secretary shall require grant recipients to submit an annual report of the activities of such recipient and information related to applicable performance measures, which may include— a demonstration of progress to achieve or advance the relevant criteria described in subsection (b); and the amount of non-Federal matching funds provided from each member State.
The Secretary shall require each recipient of a grant under this subsection to provide a non-Federal match of not less than 50 percent of the administrative assistance to the interstate rail compact. The use of any amounts appropriated for grants under this section shall be subject to the applicable requirements under this chapter. Amounts appropriated to carry out this section shall remain available until expended. The Secretary may not award grants under this section in an amount exceeding $500,000 annually for each applicant.
The Secretary may not provide grants under this section to more than 10 interstate rail compacts in any fiscal year. In this section: The term applicant means an interstate rail compact or an interstate commission composed of 2 or more States that has been established to promote, develop, or operate intercity passenger rail transportation systems. The term intercity passenger rail service has the meaning given the term intercity rail passenger transportation in section 24102. .
The analysis for chapter 229 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 22910. Interstate rail compacts support program. .
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