True Reinvestment for Amtrak Infrastructure in the 21st Century Act
Latest action · Jun 21, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 20, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
True Reinvestment for Amtrak Infrastructure in the 21st Century Act - Amends federal transportation law to authorize appropriations for Amtrak for FY2006-2011 for: (1) capital expenditures and operating expenses; (2) certain mandatory payments; and (3) Amtrak's contractual obligations for commuter and state-supported passenger rail service.
Requires Amtrak to transmit annually to the Secretary of Transportation and Congress a comprehensive business plan, including targets for ridership and for each intercity train route (including Autotrain), revenues, and capital and operating expenses. Prohibits the use of amounts appropriated under this Act to subsidize operating losses of commuter rail passenger or rail freight transportation.
Requires rail infrastructure improvement projects financed by this Act to comply with specified employee labor standards, including the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.
Amends the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 to repeal establishment of the Amtrak Reform Council.
Establishes an Enhanced Rail Service Corridor Pilot Program to support certain corridor rail infrastructure projects undertaken by states or multi-state compacts, using funding provided through the Rail Infrastructure Finance Corporation (established by this Act).
Amends federal transportation law to authorize states to prepare and maintain a state rail plan that sets forth state policy involving freight and passenger rail transportation, including commuter rail operations.
Amends federal highway law to designate additional high-speed rail corridors as eligible for surface transportation funds for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings.
Establishes a nonprofit and nonpolitical Rail Infrastructure Finance Corporation to provide financial support for certain rail infrastructure improvement projects through issuance of qualified rail infrastructure bonds. Establishes a Rail Infrastructure Finance Trust.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit to a holder of a qualified rail infrastructure bond.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 20, 2005 to Jul 27, 2005; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jun 20, 2005 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 14, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 18, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jul 21, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 21, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 21, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jul 27, 2005 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Jul 27, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jul 27, 2005 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jun 20, 2005 |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Jun 21, 2005 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 20, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 21, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
- Jun 20, 2005Introduced in House
- Jun 20, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1290-1291)
- Jun 20, 2005Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4864 | Corrine Brown D-FL | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1290 | Robert Menendez D-NJ | Jun 20, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the continued operation of Amtrak, to establish a program for support of certain rail infrastructure projects, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- True Reinvestment for Amtrak Infrastructure in the 21st Century Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Auditing
- Authorization
- Bonds
- Bridges
- California
- Capital budgets
- Capital investments
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction industries
- Construction workers
- Corporation directors
- Department of Transportation
- Economic impact statements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee rights
- Employee stock options
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal incorporation
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government contractors
- Government corporations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Highspeed ground transportation
- Highway finance
- Income tax
- Infrastructure
- Intermodal transportation
- Interstate compacts
- Labor and Employment
- Land use
- Law
- Losses
- Louisiana
- Maintenance and repair
- Minimum wages
- Mississippi
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
- Nevada
- Nonprofit organizations
- Performance measurement
- Planning-programming-budgeting
- Railroad commuting traffic
- Railroad engineering
- Railroad finance
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Railroad terminals
- Railroads
- Relocation
- Revolving funds
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Social Welfare
- Stocks
- Tax credits
- Tax returns
- Tax-exempt securities
- Taxation
- Technological innovations
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Traffic congestion
- Traffic signs and signals
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation planning
- Trusts and trustees
- Tunnels
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2005Introduced in House
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