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This bill would stop the federal government from giving money to California for a specific high-speed rail project, or any project that is basically the same as that one. In simple terms, it would block federal financial support for the state’s high-speed rail corridor development project tied to an earlier agreement between California’s high-speed rail agency and the Federal Railroad Administration.
- No federal financial assistance could be used for this California high-speed rail project.
- The ban also applies to any project that is the same as, or very similar to, the one covered by the earlier federal-state agreement.
- The bill is aimed at a specific rail development project in California rather than all rail projects in the state.
Official Summaries
This bill prohibits the state of California from receiving federal funds for a high-speed rail corridor development project. Specifically, the prohibition applies to a project in California that is the same or substantially similar to the project that is the subject of an FY2010 cooperative agreement entered into on November 18, 2011, between the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
As background, CHSRA has received various federal grants for the California High-Speed Rail program, a project led by the state of California with the goal of implementing a high-speed rail system capable of speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The FRA terminated the specific FY2010 cooperative agreement on May 16, 2019.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 213 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 213
To prohibit the use of Federal financial assistance for a certain high-
speed rail development project in the State of California, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2025
Mr. Kiley of California introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To prohibit the use of Federal financial assistance for a certain high-
speed rail development project in the State of California, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
CERTAIN HIGH-SPEED RAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
No Federal financial assistance may be provided to the State of
California for a high-speed rail corridor development project that is
the same or substantially similar to the project that is the subject of
Cooperative Agreement No. FR-HSR-0118-12-01-01 entered into between the
California High-Speed Rail Authority and the Federal Railroad
Administration.
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