I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 609 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require Amtrak to convey of 
certain properties to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2021 
Mr. SMUCKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require Amtrak 
to convey of certain properties to the Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania, 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. EXPEDITED PROPERTY CONVEYANCE. 
Section 24301 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) EXPEDITED PROPERTY CONVEYANCE.— 
‘‘(1) On or before June 30, 2021: 
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‘‘(A) Amtrak shall convey to the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania all of its rights and title 
in— 
‘‘(i) the Keystone Line and stations 
between 
Harrisburg 
and 
Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, including all of Amtrak’s 
passenger stations along that line east of 
William H. Gray III 30th Street Station in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
‘‘(ii) all of Amtrak’s other passenger 
stations, excluding Amtrak’s William H. 
Gray III 30th Street Station and North 
Philadelphia Station, located within the 
Commonwealth along Amtrak’s Northeast 
Corridor and used for commuter rail pas-
senger service as of May 1, 2020; 
‘‘(iii) sections of track on or along 
Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor immediately 
south of William H. Gray III 30th Street 
Station in Philadelphia that are solely used 
by and maintained by Southeastern Penn-
sylvania Transportation Authority; and 
‘‘(iv) Amtrak’s obligations to the 
United States as determined by the Sec-
retary under subparagraph (C). 
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‘‘(B) Amtrak shall be entitled to use the 
properties conveyed pursuant to subparagraph 
(A) on the same terms and conditions and right 
to determination by the United States Surface 
Transportation Board as afforded commuter 
authorities operating over Amtrak’s lines pursu-
ant to section 24903. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) determine what portion of the 
note and mortgage the Secretary obtained 
from Amtrak to secure the amounts paid 
by the United States to acquire Amtrak’s 
Northeast Corridor should be allocated, 
based on the original purchase price paid 
by the United States, to the properties to 
be conveyed under subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) at the time of the conveyance 
under subparagraph (A), assign that por-
tion of the note and mortgage to the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania. 
‘‘(2) Amtrak shall be entitled to no compensa-
tion for the conveyances mandated in paragraph 
(1)(A), and, exclusively for the purposes of this sub-
section, notwithstanding any other provision of the 
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law, shall be deemed an agency of the United 
States.’’. 
Æ 
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