,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aeci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ab1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,pascrell1 and ,mr4 ,grimm7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide for certain tunnel  
life safety and rehabilitation projects 
for ,amtrak4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,northeast     
,corridor ,rail ,tunnel ,safety ,act4   
#b4 ,authorization of appropriations    
,there are authorized to be appropriated
 to the ,secretary of ,transportation   
#hih1jjj1jjj1 to remain available until 
expended1 for the use of ,amtrak to     
complete ,new ,york tunnel life safety  
projects and to rehabilitate tunnels in 
,washington1 ,,dc1 and ,baltimore1      
,maryland4  #c4 ,availability of funds  
,the ,secretary shall not make funds    
appropriated under section #b available 
to ,amtrak for a project unless the     

,secretary has received from ,amtrak and
 has approved an engineering and        
financial plan for that project4  #d4   
,inspector ,general review ,the         
,inspector ,general of the ,department  
of ,transportation shall conduct and    
transmit to the ,congress an annual     
review to determine whether the         
expenditure and obligation of funds made
 available under this ,act are          
consistent with the purposes for which  
those funds are made available4