,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjad,mr4 ,denham 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,calvert1 ,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1   
,mr4 ,valadao1 ,mr4 ,rohrabacher1 ,mr4  
,campbell1 ,mr4 ,gary ,g4 ,miller of    
,california1 ,mr4 ,hunter1 ,mr4         
,mc,carthy of ,california1 ,mr4 ,nunes1 
,mr4 ,issa1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4     
,royce1 and ,mr4 ,mc,keon7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide
 for the suspension of ,federal funding 
for the ,california ,high ,speed ,rail  
,project until sufficient non-,federal  
funds are available4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,responsible ,rail and ,deterring       
,deficiency ,act4  #b4 ,suspension of   
,federal funding  7a7 ,congressional    
determination ,the ,congress determines 
that-- 7#a7 the purposes of the statute 
under which the ,project is authorized  

would not be adequately served by       
continuation of ,federal financial      
assistance for the ,project2 and  7#b7  
the ,authority may be unable to-- 7,a7  
meet the contributory match percentage  
identified in ,attachment #a1 section   
#e1 of the grant agreement2 and  7,b7   
complete the ,project according to the  
,project schedules included in          
,attachment #c or ,attachment #c;,a of  
the grant agreement4  7b7 ,suspension   
requirement ,based on the determination 
made under subsection 7a71 not later    
than #e days after the date of enactment
 of this ,act the ,federal ,railroad    
,administration shall exercise its right
 under ,attachment #a1 section #bc1 of  
the grant agreement to suspend any      
further financial assistance for the    
,project under the grant agreement      
until-- 7#a7 the ,authority certifies in
 writing to the ,federal ,railroad      
,administration that-- 7,a7 it has      
access to ,state funds1 or other        
non-,federal funds1 in the amounts      

specified in ,attachment #a1 section #e1
 of the grant agreement2  7,b7 those    
,state or other non-,federal funds are  
free and clear of any legal challenge or
 other hindrance to the expenditure of  
the funds by the ,authority2 and  7,c7  
the funds are or will be available at   
the time necessary to meet the          
,authority's financial obligations as   
described in the grant agreement2 or    
7#b7 ,september #cj1 #bjag4  7c7        
,changes to agreement prohibited ,until 
the conditions described in subsection  
7b7 have been met1 the ,federal         
,railroad ,administration shall not     
amend1 supplement1 or otherwise change  
the terms of the grant agreement4  7d7  
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,authority ,the term ,authority means   
the ,california ,high ,speed ,rail      
,authority4  7#b7 ,grant agreement ,the 
term grant agreement means the ,federal 
,railroad ,administration's             
grant_/cooperative agreement with the   
,authority numbered                     

,,fr-,,hsr-#jjji-aj-ja-je made on       
,december #e1 #bjab4  7#c7 ,project ,the
 term ,project has the meaning given    
that term in the grant agreement4