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Long-Distance Corridor Relief Enhancement 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 would modify the federal Corridor Identification and Development Program for long-distance intercity passenger rail routes. It would remove the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider whether non-Federal funding—such as state, local, or private funding—is committed or anticipated when selecting long-distance rail corridors for the program. The exemption would apply to any long-distance route corridor accepted into the program on or after October 1, 2023. This change would allow the Secretary to designate long-distance rail corridors based on other criteria without regard to the availability of non-Federal funding.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Jan 29, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Jan 29, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 29, 2026
Mr. Sheehy (for himself and Mr. Merkley) 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 Enhancement 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.—
“(A) In general.—For the purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall not require or consider committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for any part of the program described in subsection (a) for any intercity passenger rail corridor on a long-distance route.
“(B) Application.—The exception provided in subparagraph (A) shall apply to any long-distance route corridor accepted into the program on or after October 1, 2023.”. <all>
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