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line between New Haven, Connecticut, and Springfield, 
Massachusetts, is an important transportation priority, 
and Amtrak should work cooperatively with the States of 
Connecticut and Massachusetts to enable expanded com-
muter rail service on such line. 
(c) INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE REPORT.—Am-
trak shall submit a report to Congress and the State De-
partments of Transportation of Connecticut and Massa-
chusetts on the total cost of uncompleted infrastructure 
maintenance on the rail line between New Haven, Con-
necticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts. 
SEC. 227. SERVICE EVALUATION. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, Amtrak shall transmit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the 
results of an evaluation of passenger rail service between 
Cornwells Heights, PA, and New York City, NY, and be-
tween Princeton Junction, NJ, and New York City, NY, 
to determine whether to expand passenger rail service by 
increasing the frequency of stops or reducing commuter 
ticket prices for this route. 
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TITLE III—INTERCITY 
PASSENGER RAIL POLICY 
SEC. 301. CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR INTERCITY PAS-
SENGER RAIL SERVICE; STATE RAIL PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part C of subtitle V is amended 
by inserting the following after chapter 243: 
‘‘CHAPTER 
244—INTERCITY 
PASSENGER 
RAIL SERVICE CORRIDOR CAPITAL AS-
SISTANCE 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘24401. Definitions. 
‘‘24402. Capital investment grants to support intercity passenger rail service. 
‘‘24403. Project management oversight. 
‘‘24404. Use of capital grants to finance first-dollar liability of grant project. 
‘‘24405. Grant conditions. 
‘‘§ 24401. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) APPLICANT.—The term ‘applicant’ means 
a State (including the District of Columbia), a group 
of States, an Interstate Compact, or a public agency 
established by one or more States and having re-
sponsibility for providing intercity passenger rail 
service. 
‘‘(2) CAPITAL
PROJECT.—The term ‘capital 
project’ means a project or program in a State rail 
plan developed under chapter 225 of this title for— 
‘‘(A) acquiring, constructing, improving, or 
inspecting equipment, track and track struc-
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tures, or a facility for use in or for the primary 
benefit of intercity passenger rail service, ex-
penses incidental to the acquisition or construc-
tion (including designing, engineering, location 
surveying, mapping, environmental studies, and 
acquiring rights-of-way), payments for the cap-
ital portions of rail trackage rights agreements, 
highway-rail grade crossing improvements re-
lated to intercity passenger rail service, miti-
gating environmental impacts, communication 
and signalization improvements, relocation as-
sistance, acquiring replacement housing sites, 
and acquiring, constructing, relocating, and re-
habilitating replacement housing; 
‘‘(B) rehabilitating, remanufacturing or 
overhauling rail rolling stock and facilities used 
primarily in intercity passenger rail service; 
‘‘(C) costs associated with developing State 
rail plans; and 
‘‘(D) the first-dollar liability costs for in-
surance related to the provision of intercity pas-
senger rail service under section 24404. 
‘‘(3) INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE.— 
The term ‘intercity passenger rail service’ means 
transportation services with the primary purpose of 
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passenger transportation between towns, cities and 
metropolitan areas by rail, including high-speed rail, 
as defined in section 24102 of this title. 
‘‘§ 24402. Capital investment grants to support inter-
city passenger rail service 
‘‘(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, in-
frastructure, and equipment necessary to provide or 
improve intercity passenger rail transportation. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall require that a grant 
under this section be subject to the terms, condi-
tions, requirements, and provisions the Secretary de-
cides are necessary or appropriate for the purposes 
of this section, including requirements for the dis-
position of net increases in value of real property re-
sulting from the project assisted under this section 
and shall prescribe procedures and schedules for the 
awarding of grants under this title, including appli-
cation and qualification procedures and a record of 
decision on applicant eligibility. The Secretary shall 
issue a final rule establishing such procedures not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
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the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 
Act of 2008. 
‘‘(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 de-
veloped under chapter 225 of this title, or under the 
plan required by section 302 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 the 
project, satisfactory continuing control over the use 
of the equipment or facilities, and the capability and 
willingness to maintain the equipment or facilities. 
‘‘(2) An applicant shall provide sufficient infor-
mation upon which the Secretary can make the find-
ings required by this subsection. 
‘‘(3) If an applicant has not selected the pro-
posed operator of its service competitively, the appli-
cant shall provide written justification to the Sec-
retary showing why the proposed operator is the 
best, taking into account price and other factors, 
and that use of the proposed operator will not un-
necessarily increase the cost of the project. 
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