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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5090 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5090

To make the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation eligible to receive 
                certain grants, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2024

Mr. Van Hollen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL

 
To make the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation eligible to receive 
                certain grants, 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. SHORT TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Union Station Redevelopment 
Corporation Funding Eligibility Act'' or the ``USRC Funding Eligibility 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF UNION STATION REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO 
              RECEIVE CERTAIN GRANTS.

    (a) Rebuilding American Infrastructure With Sustainability and 
Equity (RAISE) Grants.--
            (1) Eligibility.--The Union Station Redevelopment 
        Corporation shall be eligible to receive grants under the 
        program for national infrastructure investments (commonly known 
        as the ``Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability 
        and Equity (RAISE) grant program'' and formerly known as the 
        ``Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) 
        grant program'') carried out by the Department of 
        Transportation.
            (2) Federal share.--The Federal share of a grant under the 
        program described in paragraph (1) to the Union Station 
        Redevelopment Corporation shall be 100 percent.
    (b) National Infrastructure Project Assistance Grants.--Section 
6701 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (G) by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``(G)'' and 
                inserting ``(H)'';
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 
                subparagraph (I); and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the 
                following:
                    ``(H) Union Station Redevelopment Corporation; 
                and''; and
            (2) in subsection (i) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the total 
        amount awarded for a project under the program awarded to the 
        entity described in subsection (a)(2)(H) shall be 100 percent 
        of the total eligible project costs described in subsection 
        (h).''.
    (c) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement 
Grants.--Section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(14) The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.''; and
            (2) in subsection (h)(2), by inserting ``, except that with 
        respect to the entity described in subsection (b)(14), the 
        Federal share shall be 100 percent'' before the period.
    (d) Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail 
Grants.--Section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (G) by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 
                subparagraph (I);
                    (C) in subparagraph (I), as redesignated, by 
                striking ``(G)'' and inserting ``(H)''; and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the 
                following:
                    ``(H) the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation; 
                or''; and
            (2) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Exception.--The total amount awarded for a project 
        under the program awarded to the entity described in subsection 
        (a)(1)(H) shall be 100 percent.''.
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