I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2165
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for double tracking of the Pacific 
Surfliner corridor through the Historic Mission District and downtown 
area of San Juan Capistrano and along the coastal beaches of Dana 
Point and San Clemente. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2003
Mr. COX (for himself and Mr. CALVERT) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for double tracking 
of the Pacific Surfliner corridor through the Historic 
Mission District and downtown area of San Juan 
Capistrano and along the coastal beaches of Dana Point 
and San Clemente.
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 ‘‘Coastal and Historic 
Communities Protection Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Since 1888, Southern Californians have 
been served by a railroad line that traverses scenic 
beaches and historic resources in south Orange 
County, California. Officials of the California High 
Speed Rail Authority and the California Department 
of Transportation have proposed plans that could fa-
cilitate construction of an additional set of tracks on 
the coastal Pacific Surfliner corridor accommodating 
future high-speed rail cars. With 1,700,000 rail pas-
sengers traveling in the corridor in 2002, double 
tracking the line would increase train traffic to an 
unacceptable level. It can threaten the environmental 
and economic stability of the local communities, and 
jeopardize the region’s coastal and historic re-
sources. 
(2) The proposed double tracking plans of the 
California High Speed Rail Authority and the Cali-
fornia Department of Transportation are incon-
sistent with the spirit and intent of the National 
Costal Zone Management Act of 1972 as amended 
by The Coastal Zone Protection Act of 1996 (16 
U.S.C. 1451 note). 
(3) The cities of Dana Point, San Juan 
Capistrano, and San Clemente, and the Orange 
County Transportation Authority overwhelmingly op-
pose double tracking of the existing Pacific Surfliner 
Corridor through the Historic Mission District and 
downtown area of San Juan Capistrano and along 
the coastal beaches of Dana Point and San 
Clemente. 
(4) Because our Nation’s transportation prior-
ities should correspond to the wishes of the tax-
payers who fund these projects, the active participa-
tion of these cities in the decision making process is 
imperative to strengthen the local, State, and Fed-
eral partnership that administers the route that is 
eventually chosen. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 
DOUBLE 
TRACKING 
OF 
THE 
PACIFIC 
SURFLINER CORRIDOR THROUGH THE HIS-
TORIC MISSION DISTRICT AND DOWNTOWN 
AREA OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO AND ALONG 
THE COASTAL BEACHES OF DANA POINT AND 
SAN CLEMENTE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—After the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may not provide 
funds to study, design, engineer, or construct double 
tracking of the Pacific Surfliner corridor through the Or-
ange County, California coastal and historic cities of Dana 
Point, San Juan Capistrano, and San Clemente.
(b) FUNDS FOR PACIFIC SURFLINER.— No provision 
contained herein shall prohibit the Secretary of Transpor-
tation from authorizing the expenditures of funds to sup-
port Pacific Surfliner service in the corridor consistent 
with the provisions of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 
1970. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘double tracking’’ 
means the establishment of a second set of rail tracks on, 
under, or above an existing right-of-way, wherever coastal 
or historic resources, in the cities of San Clemente, San 
Juan Capistrano, or Dana Point, may be affected.
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