TRAIN Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1675 To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to fixed guideway capital investment grants, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 9, 2021 Mr. CURTIS (for himself, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. PORTER, and Mr. MOORE of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to fixed guideway capital investment grants, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transit Revitalization 4 And Infrastructure Needs Act’’ or the ‘‘TRAIN Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FIXED GUIDEWAY CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS. 6 Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, is 7 amended— 8 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:50 May 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1675.IH H1675 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1675 IH (A) by striking ‘‘corridor-based’’ before 1 ‘‘capital investment’’; and 2 (B) by striking ‘‘of a corridor’’ before ‘‘by 3 not less than’’; 4 (2) in subsection (b)(2)— 5 (A) by striking ‘‘system platforms’’ and in- 6 serting ‘‘station platforms’’; 7 (B) by striking ‘‘corridor improvements in- 8 creasing’’ and inserting ‘‘increasing service fre- 9 quency and’’; 10 (C) by inserting ‘‘increasing capacity of ex- 11 isting stations,’’ after ‘‘infill stations’’; 12 (D) by striking ‘‘guideway system cor- 13 ridor’’ and inserting ‘‘guideway system, cor- 14 ridor, or station’’; 15 (E) by inserting ‘‘or to replace temporary 16 measures (including the use of used rail equip- 17 ment) which have been used to expand system 18 capacity.’’ after ‘‘10 percent’’; and 19 (F) by striking ‘‘, or acquisition of rolling 20 stock’’; 21 (3) in subsection (e)(2)— 22 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 23 (i) by amending clause (iii) to read as 24 follows: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:50 May 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1675.IH H1675 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1675 IH ‘‘(iii) will increase capacity of an ex- 1 isting fixed guideway system, corridor, or 2 station at least 10 percent or replace tem- 3 porary measures;’’; and 4 (ii) in clause (iv)— 5 (I) by inserting ‘‘the project’s use 6 of clean and renewable electric en- 7 ergy,’’ after ‘‘environmental bene- 8 fits,’’; and 9 (II) by inserting ‘‘or measures to 10 increase the environmental sustain- 11 ability’’ after ‘‘cost per rider’’; 12 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 13 (i) by amending clause (ii) to read as 14 follows: 15 ‘‘(ii) whether existing fixed guideway 16 transit vehicles or stations are at or over 17 capacity, or are projected to be at or over 18 capacity within the next 10 years or re- 19 place temporary measures (including the 20 use of used rail equipment) which have 21 been used to expand system capacity;’’; 22 and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:50 May 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1675.IH H1675 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1675 IH (ii) in clause (iii) by inserting ‘‘over- 1 come barriers to service increases or’’ after 2 ‘‘the project will’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:50 May 01, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1675.IH H1675 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS