Warren Cowles Grade Crossing Safety Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7110 To authorize appropriations for highway-rail grade crossing improvement projects. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 4, 2020 Mr. NEAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 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 01:20 Jun 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7110.IH H7110 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7110 IH (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 2021, $250,000,000; 12 and 13 ‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2022 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 01:20 Jun 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7110.IH H7110 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7110 IH 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 01:20 Jun 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7110.IH H7110 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS