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                Interstate Rail Compacts Grant Program
    

    
    
    
      **Overview:** New under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this program provides financial assistance to entities implementing interstate rail compacts pursuant to section 410 of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997. The purpose of the program is to improve, promote, and develop intercity passenger rail service, including activities related to the financing of such service, and to encourage multi-state grant applications. See the FY22-23 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for more information.

**Funding Available for Award Under FY22-23 NOFO:**  $5,815,800

Projects totaling $900,000 were selected**Legislative Authority:** This program was authorized in section 410 of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 (49 U.S.C. 24101 note). Funding under the FY 2022 NOFO was made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 116-260, November 15, 2021).

**Eligible Projects:**

Costs of administration
	Systems planning, including studying the impacts of freight rail operations and ridership
	Promotion of intercity passenger rail operation
	Preparation of applications for competitive Federal grant programs
	Operations coordination**Eligible Recipients:**

An existing entity (e.g., a commission) established by member states to implement an interstate rail compact.**Resources:**

FRA Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Pre-Award Authority
	The following training and guidance materials related to the Interstate Rail Compacts Grant Program are available on the FRA Webinars webpage, under Grants & Loans:
	Interstate Rail Compact Grant Program Webinar – June 16, 2022
		Interstate Rail Compact Grant Program Listening Session – September 8, 2022
		Interstate Rail Compact Grant Program NOFO Webinar – May 24, 2023**News:**

March 14, 2024 Press Release
	May 8, 2023 Press Release

      
       
      

    
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