I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9308 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds in certain high-speed rail projects 
until such date as the Secretary of Transportation certifies to the appro-
priate committees of Congress the completion of at least one mile of 
rail or electromagnetic guideway of such projects, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 6, 2024 
Mr. MIKE
GARCIA
of California (for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, and Mr. 
OBERNOLTE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds in certain high-speed 
rail projects until such date as the Secretary of Trans-
portation certifies to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress the completion of at least one mile of rail or 
electromagnetic guideway of such projects, 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 ‘‘No Frankenrail Act 
of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The high-speed rail corridor development 
project that is the subject of Cooperative Agreement 
No. FR–HSR–0118–12–01–01 entered into between 
the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the 
Federal Railroad Administration (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘California High Speed Rail 
project’’) first received Federal funds in 2009 in the 
form of a $2,500,000,000 grant from funds made 
available under title XII of division A of the Amer-
ican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 208). 
(2) The California High Speed Rail project was 
originally intended to cost $33,000,000,000 and be 
completed by 2020. 
(3) As of the date of introduction of this Act, 
the California High Speed Rail project is expected to 
cost at least $128,000,000,000 and has no expected 
completion date. 
(4) As of the date of introduction of this Act, 
the California High Speed Rail project has yet to 
construct a single mile of rail line. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR COVERED 
PROJECTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), no Federal funds may be provided for use in any cov-
ered project. 
(b) TERMINATION OF PROHIBITION.—Subsection (a) 
shall cease to apply with respect to a covered project on 
the date on which the Secretary of Transportation certifies 
to the appropriate committees of Congress that at least 
1 mile of rail or electromagnetic guideway has been com-
pleted under the covered project. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’ means any project— 
(A) to construct a high-speed rail or de-
velop a high-speed rail corridor; and 
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(B) for which Federal funds were first dis-
bursed before the date that is 10 years before 
the date of enactment of this section. 
(3) HIGH-SPEED RAIL.—The term ‘‘high-speed 
rail’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
26105 of title 49, United States Code. 
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