I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6889 
To establish a competitive grant program to provide capital assistance for 
the maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation needs of commuter rail 
bridges. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. QUIGLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To establish a competitive grant program to provide capital 
assistance for the maintenance, replacement, and reha-
bilitation needs of commuter rail bridges. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Building Rail Infra-
structure for a Durable and Growing Economy Act’’ or 
the ‘‘BRIDGE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMMUTER RAIL BRIDGE GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5312 
the following: 
‘‘§ 5313. Commuter rail bridge grants 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMUTER RAIL.—The term ‘commuter 
rail’ shall have the meaning given the term by the 
Secretary for purposes of reporting to the national 
transit database under section 5335. 
‘‘(2) COMMUTER
RAIL
BRIDGE.—The term 
‘commuter rail bridge’— 
‘‘(A) means a bridge used in commuter rail 
operations; and 
‘‘(B) includes a bridge described in sub-
paragraph (A) that is also utilized for— 
‘‘(i) intercity passenger railroad serv-
ice; 
‘‘(ii) other public transportation serv-
ice; or 
‘‘(iii) a roadway. 
‘‘(3) COVERED
GRANT.—The term ‘covered 
grant’ means a grant awarded under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may make 
grants to operators of public transportation systems for 
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capital costs of maintenance, replacement, or rehabilita-
tion of a commuter rail bridge. 
‘‘(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Except as oth-
erwise provided in this section, a covered grant shall 
be subject to the same terms and conditions as a 
grant under section 5337. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
COSTS.—Eligible costs for a 
project funded by a covered grant shall be limited to 
the net capital costs of the public transportation 
costs attributable to the project based on projected 
use of the commuter rail bridge. 
‘‘(3) BRIDGE
ACCESS
AGREEMENT.—Before 
executing a grant agreement with the Secretary 
under this section, an operator of a public transpor-
tation system seeking a covered grant for a com-
muter rail bridge that is not owned by the operator 
shall establish and maintain an agreement with the 
owner of the bridge that ensures bridge access by 
the operator. 
‘‘(d) COMPETITIVE PROCESS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 30 days after the date on 
which amounts are made available for obligation 
under this section for a full fiscal year, solicit appli-
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