Warren Cowles Grade Crossing Safety Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1789 To authorize appropriations for highway-rail grade crossing improvement projects. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 24, 2021 Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To authorize appropriations for highway-rail grade crossing improvement projects. 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 ‘‘Warren Cowles Grade 4 Crossing Safety Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HIGH- 6 WAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSING IMPROVEMENT 7 PROJECTS. 8 Section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, is 9 amended— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:29 Jun 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1789.IS S1789 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1789 IS (1) in subsection (c)(5), by inserting ‘‘, includ- 1 ing such a project for commuter rail and operators 2 in high-ridership corridors’’ before the period at the 3 end; and 4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 7 22905(f), there are authorized to be appropriated 8 for eligible projects described in subsection (c)(5) for 9 commuter rail and operators in high-ridership cor- 10 ridors— 11 ‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2022, $250,000,000; 12 and 13 ‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2023, and each fiscal 14 year thereafter, the amount described in para- 15 graph (2). 16 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT DESCRIBED.—The amount de- 17 scribed in this paragraph for a fiscal year is 18 $250,000,000, adjusted to reflect the percentage (if 19 any) of the increase in the average of the Consumer 20 Price Index for the preceding 12-month period com- 21 pared to the Consumer Price Index for fiscal year 22 2020. 23 ‘‘(3) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEFINED.—In 24 this subsection, the term ‘Consumer Price Index’ 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:29 Jun 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1789.IS S1789 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1789 IS means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con- 1 sumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2 of the Department of Labor.’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:29 Jun 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1789.IS S1789 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS