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49 U.S.C. § 24902 — Goals and requirements
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**(a) Managing Costs and Revenues.—** Amtrak shall manage its operating costs, pricing policies, and other factors with the goal of having revenues derived each fiscal year from providing intercity rail passenger transportation over the Northeast Corridor route between the District of Columbia and Boston, Massachusetts, equal at least the operating costs of providing that transportation in that fiscal year.
**(b) Priorities in Selecting and Scheduling Projects.—** When selecting and scheduling specific projects, Amtrak shall apply the following considerations, in the following order of priority:
(1) Safety-related items should be completed before other items because the safety of the passengers and users of the Northeast Corridor is paramount.
(2) Activities that benefit the greatest number of passengers should be completed before activities involving fewer passengers.
(3) Reliability of intercity rail passenger transportation must be emphasized.
(4) Trip-time requirements of this section must be achieved to the extent compatible with the priorities referred to in paragraphs (1)–(3) of this subsection.
(5) Improvements that will pay for the investment by achieving lower operating or maintenance costs should be carried out before other improvements.
(6) Construction operations should be scheduled so that the fewest possible passengers are inconvenienced, transportation is maintained, and the on-time performance of Northeast Corridor commuter rail passenger and rail freight transportation is optimized.
(7) Planning should focus on completing activities that will provide immediate benefits to users of the Northeast Corridor.
**(c) Compatibility With Future Improvements and Production of Maximum Labor Benefits.—** Improvements under this section shall be compatible
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**(a) Managing Costs and Revenues.—** Amtrak shall manage its operating costs, pricing policies, and other factors with the goal of having revenues derived each fiscal year from providing intercity rail passenger transportation over the Northeast Corridor route between the District of Columbia and Boston, Massachusetts, equal at least the operating costs of providing that transportation in that fiscal year.
**(b) Priorities in Selecting and Scheduling Projects.—** When selecting and scheduling specific projects, Amtrak shall apply the following considerations, in the following order of priority:
(1) Safety-related items should be completed before other items because the safety of the passengers and users of the Northeast Corridor is paramount.
(2) Activities that benefit the greatest number of passengers should be completed before activities involving fewer passengers.
(3) Reliability of intercity rail passenger transportation must be emphasized.
(4) Trip-time requirements of this section must be achieved to the extent compatible with the priorities referred to in paragraphs (1)–(3) of this subsection.
(5) Improvements that will pay for the investment by achieving lower operating or maintenance costs should be carried out before other improvements.
(6) Construction operations should be scheduled so that the fewest possible passengers are inconvenienced, transportation is maintained, and the on-time performance of Northeast Corridor commuter rail passenger and rail freight transportation is optimized.
(7) Planning should focus on completing activities that will provide immediate benefits to users of the Northeast Corridor.
**(c) Compatibility With Future Improvements and Production of Maximum Labor Benefits.—** Improvements under this section shall be compatible with future improvements in transportation and shall produce the maximum labor benefit from hiring individuals presently unemployed.
**(d) Automatic Train Control Systems.—** A train operating on the Northeast Corridor main line or between the main line and Atlantic City shall be equipped with an automatic train control system designed to slow or stop the train in response to an external signal.
**(e) High-Speed Transportation.—** If practicable, Amtrak shall establish intercity rail passenger transportation in the Northeast Corridor that carries out section 703(1)(E) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210, 90 Stat. 121).
**(f) Equipment Development.—** Amtrak shall develop economical and reliable equipment compatible with track, operating, and marketing characteristics of the Northeast Corridor, including the capability to meet reliable trip times under section 703(1)(E) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210, 90 Stat. 121) in regularly scheduled revenue transportation in the Corridor, when the Northeast Corridor improvement program is completed. Amtrak must decide that equipment complies with this subsection before buying equipment with financial assistance of the Government. Amtrak shall submit a request for an authorization of appropriations for production of the equipment.
**(g) Agreements for Off-Corridor Routing of Rail Freight Transportation.—**
(1) Amtrak may make an agreement with a rail freight carrier or a regional transportation authority under which the carrier will carry out an alternate off-corridor routing of rail freight transportation over rail lines in the Northeast Corridor between the District of Columbia and New York metropolitan areas, including intermediate points. The agreement shall be for at least 5 years.
(2) Amtrak shall apply to the Surface Transportation Board for approval of the agreement and all related agreements accompanying the application as soon as the agreement is made. If the Board finds that approval is necessary to carry out this chapter, the Board shall approve the application and related agreements not later than 90 days after receiving the application.
(3) If an agreement is not made under paragraph (1) of this subsection, Amtrak, with the consent of the other parties, may apply to the Surface Transportation Board. Not later than 90 days after the application, the Board shall decide on the terms of an agreement if it decides that doing so is necessary to carry out this chapter. The decision of the Board is binding on the other parties.
**(h) Coordination.—**
(1) The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate—
(A) transportation programs related to the Northeast Corridor to ensure that the programs are integrated and consistent with the Northeast Corridor improvement program; and
(B) amounts from departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government to achieve urban redevelopment and revitalization in the vicinity of urban rail stations in the Northeast Corridor served by intercity and commuter rail passenger transportation.
(2) If the Secretary finds significant noncompliance with this section, the Secretary may deny financing to a noncomplying program until the noncompliance is corrected.
**(i) Completion.—** Amtrak shall give the highest priority to completing the program.
**(j) Applicable Procedures.—** No State or local building, zoning, subdivision, or similar or related law, nor any other State or local law from which a project would be exempt if undertaken by the Federal Government or an agency thereof within a Federal enclave wherein Federal jurisdiction is exclusive, including without limitation with respect to all such laws referenced herein above requirements for permits, actions, approvals or filings, shall apply in connection with the construction, ownership, use, operation, financing, leasing, conveying, mortgaging or enforcing a mortgage of (i) any improvement undertaken by or for the benefit of Amtrak as part of, or in furtherance of, the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project (including without limitation maintenance, service, inspection or similar facilities acquired, constructed or used for high speed trainsets) or chapter 241, 243, or 247 of this title or (ii) any land (and right, title or interest created with respect thereto) on which such improvement is located and adjoining, surrounding or any related land. These exemptions shall remain in effect and be applicable with respect to such land and improvements for the benefit of any mortgagee before, upon and after coming into possession of such improvements or land, any third party purchasers thereof in foreclosure (or through a deed in lieu of foreclosure), and their respective successors and assigns, in each case to the extent the land or improvements are used, or held for use, for railroad purposes or purposes accessory thereto. This subsection shall not apply to any improvement or related land unless Amtrak receives a Federal operating subsidy in the fiscal year in which Amtrak commits to or initiates such improvement.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Apportionment.—** — The term “apportionment” includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws.
(2) **Asset management.—** — The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost.
(3) **Carpool project.—** — The term “carpool project” means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools, and real-time ridesharing projects, such as projects where drivers, using an electronic transfer of funds, recover costs directly associated with the trip provided through the use of location technology to quantify those direct costs, subject to the condition that the cost recovered does not exceed the cost of the trip provided.
(4) **Construction.—** — The term “construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway or any project eligible for assistance under this title, including bon
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### Statutory Notes
Section 853, Pub. L. 94–210, title VII, § 703, Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 121; Pub. L. 95–421, §§ 5, 8, Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 926, 927; Pub. L. 96–254, title II, §§ 202, 203, 209, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 410, 414; Pub. L. 97–468, title III, § 301(1), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2547; Pub. L. 99–272, title IV, § 4007(d), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 108, enumerated goals of Northeast Corridor improvement project. See [section 24902 of Title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section24902&num=0&edition=prelim), Transportation.
Section 854, Pub. L. 94–210, title VII, § 704, Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 122; Pub. L. 94–555, title II, § 217, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2627; Pub. L. 95–421, § 9, Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 928; Pub. L. 96–254, title II, §§ 204(a), (b), 210, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 411, 414; Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1193, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 701; Pub. L. 97–468, title III, § 301(2)–(4), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2548, 2549; Pub. L. 100–342, § 6, June 22, 1988, 102 Stat. 627, related to funding of Northeast Corridor improvement project. See sections 24902, 24903, 24907, and 24909 of Title 49.
Section 855, Pub. L. 94–210, title VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 96–254, title II, § 206(a), May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 412; amended Pub. L. 97–468, title III, § 301(5), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2550, related to transfers of authority with respect to track improvements and implementation of Northeast Corridor improvement project goals. See sections 24902, 24903, and 24909 of Title 49.
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**(a) General Authority.—**
(1) The Secretary of Transportation may make grants under this section to an applicant to assist in financing the capital costs of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment necessary to provide or improve intercity passenger rail transportation.
(2) Consistent with the requirements of this chapter, the Secretary shall require that a grant under this section be subject to the terms, conditions, requirements, and provisions the Secretary decides are necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this section, including requirements for the disposition of net increases in value of real property resulting from the project assisted under this section and shall prescribe procedures and schedules for the awarding of grants under this title, including application and qualification procedures and a record of decision on applicant eligibility. The Secretary shall issue a final rule establishing such procedures not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008. For the period prior to the earlier of the issuance of such a rule or 2 years after the date of enactment of such Act, the Secretary shall issue interim guidance to applicants covering such procedures, and administer the grant program authorized under this section pursuant to such guidance.
**(b) Project as Part of State Rail Plan.—**
(1) The Secretary may not approve a grant for a project under this section unless the Secretary finds that the project is part of a State rail plan developed under chapter 227 of this title, or under the plan required by section 211 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, and that the applicant or recipient has or will have the legal, financial, and technical capacity to carry out
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**(a) General.—** To carry out this chapter and the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 ([45 U.S.C. 701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), Amtrak may—
(1) acquire, maintain, and dispose of any interest in property used to provide improved high-speed rail transportation under [section 24902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section24902&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, any interest in real property that Amtrak considers necessary to carry out the goals of section 24902;
(3) provide for rail freight, intercity rail passenger, and commuter rail passenger transportation over property acquired under this section;
(4) improve rail rights of way between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia (including the route through Springfield, Massachusetts, and routes to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Albany, New York, from the Northeast Corridor main line) to achieve the goals of section 24902 of providing improved high-speed rail passenger transportation between Boston, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, and intermediate intercity markets;
(5) acquire, build, improve, and install passenger stations, communications and electric power facilities and equipment, public and private highway and pedestrian crossings, and other facilities and equipment necessary to provide improved high-speed rail passenger transportation over rights of way improved under clause (4) of this subsection;
(6) make agreements with other carriers and commuter authorities to grant, acquire, or make arrangements for rail freight or commuter rail passenger transportation over, rights of way and facilities acquired under the Re
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**(a) General.—**
(1) Not more than $2,313,000,000 may be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation to achieve the goals of section 24902(a)(1) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title. From this amount, the following amounts shall be expended by Amtrak:
(A) at least $27,000,000 for equipment modification and replacement that a State or a local or regional transportation authority must bear because of the electrification conversion system of the Northeast Corridor under this chapter.
(B) $30,000,000—
(i) to improve the main line track between the Northeast Corridor main line and Atlantic City, New Jersey, to ensure that the track, consistent with a plan New Jersey developed in consultation with Amtrak to provide rail passenger transportation between the Northeast Corridor main line and Atlantic City, New Jersey, would be of sufficient quality to allow safe rail passenger transportation at a minimum of 79 miles an hour not later than September 30, 1985; and
(ii) to promote rail passenger use of the track.
(C) necessary amounts to—
(i) develop Union Station in the District of Columbia;
(ii) install 189 track-miles, and renew 133 track-miles, of concrete ties with continuously welded rail between the District of Columbia and New York, New York;
(iii) install reverse signaling between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Morrisville, Pennsylvania, on numbers 2 and 3 track;
(iv) restore ditch drainage in concrete tie locations between the District of Columbia and New York, New York;
(v) undercut 83 track-miles between the District of Columbia and New York, New York;
(vi) rehabilitate bridges between the District of Columbia and New York, New York (including Hi line);
(vii) develop a maintenance of way equipme
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall establish and implement a high-speed rail corridor development program.
**(b) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Applicant.—** — The term “applicant” means a State, a group of States, an Interstate Compact, a public agency established by one or more States and having responsibility for providing high-speed rail service, or Amtrak.
(2) **Corridor.—** — The term “corridor” means a corridor designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 104(d)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 23.
(3) **Capital project.—** — The term “capital project” means a project or program in a State rail plan developed under chapter 227 of this title for acquiring, constructing, improving, or inspecting equipment, track, and track structures, or a facility of use in or for the primary benefit of high-speed rail service, expenses incidental to the acquisition or construction (including designing, engineering, location surveying, mapping, environmental studies, and acquiring rights-of-way), payments for the capital portions of rail trackage rights agreements, highway-rail grade crossing improvements related to high-speed rail service, mitigating environmental impacts, communication and signalization improvements, relocation assistance, acquiring replacement housing sites, and acquiring, constructing, relocating, and rehabilitating replacement housing.
(4) **High-speed rail.—** — The term “high-speed rail” means intercity passenger rail service that is reasonably expected to reach speeds of at least 110 miles per hour.
(5) **Intercity passenger rail service.—** — The term “intercity passenger rail service” has the meaning given the term “intercity rail passenger transportation” in [sect
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 24902
(1) ‘‘final system plan’’ means the final sys-
tem plan (including additions) adopted by the
United States Railway Association under the
Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45
U.S.C. 701 et seq.).
(2) ‘‘rail carrier’’ means an express carrier
and a rail carrier as defined in section 10102 of
this title, including Amtrak.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 930.)
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This section is derived from 45:802 for clarity. That
section contains definitions for the Railroad Revital-
ization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law
94–210, 90 Stat. 33). Title VII of that Act is the source
of the source provisions restated in this chapter. How-
ever, other titles of that Act are not being restated be-
cause they are outside the scope of the restatement.
Therefore, 45:802 is not being restated in this restate-
ment and only the relevant definitions are accounted
for in this chapter.
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, re-
ferred to in par. (1), is Pub. L. 93–236, Jan. 2, 1974, 87
Stat. 985, which is classified principally to chapter 16
(§ 701 et seq.) of Title 45, Railroads. For complete classi-
fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 701 of Title 45 and Tables.
§ 24902. Goals and requirements
(a) MANAGING COSTS AND REVENUES.—Amtrak
shall manage its operating costs, pricing poli-
cies, and other factors with the goal of having
revenues derived each fiscal year from providing
intercity rail passenger transportation over the
Northeast Corridor route between the Distri
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