To direct the Surface Transportation Board to require any high-speed rail project to acquire all land for the project before starting construction, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6365
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2022-01-10
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Surface Transportation Board from approving a high-speed passenger railroad or magnetic levitation system project unless the project has a distance of at least 10 miles and the land needed for the project is acquired.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6365 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2022 Mr. Ellzey (for himself and Mr. Brady ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Surface Transportation Board to require any high-speed rail project to acquire all land for the project before starting construction, and for other purposes.

1. Land Acquisition for High-Speed Rail (a) In general The Surface Transportation Board may not approve any high-speed rail project— (1) to be built across a distance of fewer than 10 miles; and (2) before all land needed for the project is acquired. (b) High-Speed rail defined In this Act, the term high-speed rail means passenger ground transportation across a railroad or using magnetic levitation systems where a speed of 125 miles per hour can reasonably be expected to occur.