I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4790 
To establish a State rail formula grant program, to direct Federal Railroad 
Administration to create a Green Railroads Fund, to expand passenger 
rail programs, to address air quality concerns, to establish rail workforce 
training centers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2025 
Mr. DELUZIO (for himself, Mrs. MCIVER, and Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a State rail formula grant program, to direct 
Federal Railroad Administration to create a Green Rail-
roads Fund, to expand passenger rail programs, to ad-
dress air quality concerns, to establish rail workforce 
training centers, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘All Aboard Act of 
2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ means the Federal Railroad Administration. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 
Railroad Administration. 
(3) AMTRAK.—The term ‘‘Amtrak’’ means the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation. 
(4) ELECTRIFICATION INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 
term ‘‘electrification infrastructure’’— 
(A) means overhead wire in-motion charg-
ing technology and any associated infrastruc-
ture necessary for the operation to propel a lo-
comotive or train; and 
(B) includes battery electric technology 
that propels a locomotive or train in railyards 
and other environments in which catenary in-
frastructure is difficult to deploy as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(5) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ means 
a community with significant representation of indi-
viduals of color, low-income individuals, or Tribal 
and Indigenous individuals, that experiences, or is at 
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risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human 
health or environmental effects. 
(6) FEDERAL-STATE INTERCITY PARTNERSHIP 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Federal-State Intercity Part-
nership program’’ means the grant program devel-
oped and implemented by the Secretary pursuant to 
section 24911(b) of title 49, United States Code. 
(7) HIGH-PERFORMANCE RAIL SERVICE.—The 
term ‘‘high-performance rail service’’ means an 
intercity passenger rail service that is designed to 
meet the current and future market demand for the 
transportation of people and goods, in terms of ca-
pacity, travel times, reliability, and efficiency. 
(8) LOCOMOTIVE.—The term ‘‘locomotive’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 1033.901 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(9) MU LOCOMOTIVE.—The term ‘‘MU loco-
motive’’, with respect to electric multiple unit and 
battery-electric multiple unit trains, has the meaning 
given that term in section 229.5 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(10) PARTNERSHIP
APPLICANT.—The term 
‘‘partnership applicant’’ has the meaning given that 
term ‘‘applicant’’ in section 24911 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
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(11) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Transportation. 
(12) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State 
of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau. 
(13) TRAIN.—The term ‘‘train’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 221.5 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(14) ZERO-EMISSION LOCOMOTIVE.—The term 
‘‘zero-emission locomotive’’ means a locomotive that 
does not emit any criteria pollutant, toxic pollutant, 
or greenhouse gas from any onboard source of power 
at any power setting, including any propulsion power 
that is connected to and moves with the locomotive 
when it is in motion. 
SEC. 3. STATE RAIL FORMULA FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
formula grant program under which the Secretary shall 
award grants to States for the development of State rail 
plans, operations of rail service, and maintenance and ex-
pansion of rail infrastructure. 
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(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Each State that receives a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary a 
report describing how the State rail plan and activities— 
(1) include a strategy— 
(A) to expand passenger rail service, par-
ticularly high-performance rail service, includ-
ing new routes, existing routes identified by the 
department of transportation of the State, and 
routes selected under the Corridor Identifica-
tion and Development Program established 
under section 25101 of title 49, United States 
Code; and 
(B) to electrify existing freight and pas-
senger rail; and 
(2) will demonstrate progress towards the goals 
described in subsection (c). 
(c) GOALS.—The goals described in this subsection 
are— 
(1) to support the goal of achieving zero-emis-
sion locomotives by 2047; 
(2) to guarantee the national rail network has 
the capacity to serve a significant portion of freight 
and passenger movement along the current and pro-
jected highest trafficked intercity corridors by 2050; 
(3) to achieve zero emissions for— 
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