To amend title 49, United States Code, to require Amtrak to convey of certain properties to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-609
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2021-01-28
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Land transfers

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

Pennsylvania
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), on or before June 30, 2021, to convey specific properties to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including the Keystone Line and stations between Harrisburg and Philadelphia.</p> <p>Amtrak shall be entitled to use the properties conveyed on the same terms and conditions and right to determination by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board as afforded commuter authorities operating over Amtrak's lines, but shall not be entitled to compensation for the conveyances.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 609 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.

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: (A) Amtrak shall convey to the Commonwealth 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 passenger 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 Pennsylvania Transportation Authority; and (iv) Amtrak’s obligations to the United States as determined by the Secretary under subparagraph (C). (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 pursuant 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 portion of the note and mortgage to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (2) Amtrak shall be entitled to no compensation for the conveyances mandated in paragraph (1)(A), and, exclusively for the purposes of this subsection, notwithstanding any other provision of the law, shall be deemed an agency of the United States. .