To prohibit the use of Federal financial assistance for a certain high-speed rail development project in the State of California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-hr-213
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kiley, Kevin [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2025-01-06
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the state of California from receiving federal funds for a high-speed rail corridor development project.&nbsp;Specifically, the prohibition applies to a project&nbsp;in California that is the same or substantially similar to the project that is the subject of an FY2010 cooperative agreement entered into on November 18, 2011, between the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).</p><p>As background,&nbsp;CHSRA has received various federal grants for&nbsp;the California High-Speed Rail&nbsp;program,&nbsp;a project led by the state of California with the goal of implementing a high-speed rail&nbsp;system capable of speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The FRA terminated the specific FY2010&nbsp;cooperative agreement on May 16, 2019.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 213 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2025 Mr. Kiley of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal financial assistance for a certain high-speed rail development project in the State of California, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on provision of Federal financial assistance for certain high-speed rail development project No Federal financial assistance may be provided to the State of California for a high-speed rail corridor development project that is the same or substantially similar to the 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.