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Long-Distance Corridor Relief Act
To remove the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider the committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for long distance intercity passenger rail routes under the Corridor Identification and Development Program.
Summary
This bill modifies the federal Corridor Identification and Development Program for intercity passenger rail by removing the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider committed or anticipated non-Federal funding when selecting long-distance rail corridors. Currently, corridor selection criteria include consideration of such non-Federal funding commitments, but the bill exempts long-distance routes from this requirement. This change would allow long-distance rail corridors to be selected and developed based on other criteria without needing demonstrated state, local, or private funding commitments.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Sep 19, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Sep 19, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 19 (legislative day, September 16), 2025
Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To remove the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider the committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for long distance intercity passenger rail routes under the Corridor Identification and Development Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Long-Distance Corridor Relief Act”.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CONSIDERATION REQUIREMENT OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CORRIDOR SELECTION.
Section 25101(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (14) as subparagraphs (A) through (N), respectively, and indenting such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking “In selecting” and inserting the following:
“(1) In general.—In selecting”.
(3) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking “committed or” and by inserting “except as provided in paragraph (2), committed or”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
“(2) Exception for long-distance route corridor.—For the purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall not consider committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for operating or capital costs for any intercity passenger rail corridor on a long-distance route.”. <all>
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