Sec. 9306. State rail planning formula funds
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Chapter 229 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: In carrying out this chapter, the Secretary shall allocate an appropriate portion of 1.5 percent of the amounts made available for programs under this chapter to provide grants to States— for State or multi-State regional intercity passenger rail corridor planning or project-specific, intercity passenger rail planning purposes; or for funding rail projects otherwise eligible under section 22907 if no intercity passenger rail planning is feasible.
Any unobligated balances of a grant under this section remaining after 3 years from the fiscal year in which the grant was made shall be redistributed in an appropriate portion. In this section: The term appropriate portion means a share, for each State— one quarter of which is comprised of the ratio that the total railroad route miles in such State bears to the total railroad route miles in the United States, excluding from each such total the route miles used exclusively for tourist excursions; one quarter of which is comprised of the ratio that the population in such State bears to the total population of the United States, as determined by the Bureau of the Census; and half of which is comprised of the ratio that the Amtrak ridership for fiscal year 2019 in each State bears to the total Amtrak ridership for fiscal year 2019.
The term State means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia. . The analysis for chapter 229 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the end the following: 22911. State rail planning formula funds. .