I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5903 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to fixed guideway 
capital investment grants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2020 
Mr. MCADAMS (for himself and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to 
fixed guideway capital investment grants, 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 ‘‘Transit Revitalization 
And Infrastructure Needs Act’’ or the ‘‘TRAIN Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FIXED GUIDEWAY CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS. 
Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘corridor-based’’ before 
‘‘capital investment’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘of a corridor’’ before ‘‘by 
not less than’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘system platforms’’ and in-
serting ‘‘station platforms’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘corridor improvements in-
creasing’’ and inserting ‘‘increasing service fre-
quency and’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘increasing capacity of ex-
isting stations,’’ after ‘‘infill stations’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘guideway system cor-
ridor’’ and inserting ‘‘guideway system, cor-
ridor, or station’’; 
(E) by inserting ‘‘or to replace temporary 
measures (including the use of used rail equip-
ment) which have been used to expand system 
capacity.’’ after ‘‘10 percent’’; and 
(F) by striking ‘‘, or acquisition of rolling 
stock’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by amending clause (iii) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(iii) will increase capacity of an ex-
isting fixed guideway system, corridor, or 
station at least 10 percent or replace tem-
porary measures;’’; and 
(ii) in clause (iv)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘the project’s use 
of clean and renewable electric en-
ergy,’’ after ‘‘environmental bene-
fits,’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or measures to 
increase the environmental sustain-
ability’’ after ‘‘cost per rider’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by amending clause (ii) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(ii) whether existing fixed guideway 
transit vehicles or stations are at or over 
capacity, or are projected to be at or over 
capacity within the next 10 years or re-
place temporary measures (including the 
use of used rail equipment) which have 
been used to expand system capacity;’’; 
and 
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(ii) in clause (iii) by inserting ‘‘over-
come barriers to service increases or’’ after 
‘‘the project will’’. 
Æ 
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