,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ae1 #bjbf,ms4
 ,titus 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,bresnahan1  
and ,ms4 ,friedman7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
clarify the assistance available for    
recipients of assistance under chapter  
#ec of such title for acquisition of    
real property interests1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,modal ,parity in   
,permitting ,act4  #b4 ,acquisition of  
real property interests  7a7 ,in general
 ,section #ecbc7q7 of title #di1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in   
the heading by striking ,corridor       
preservation and inserting ,real        
property interests2  7#b7 in paragraph  
7#a7 by striking right-of-way each time 
it appears and inserting real property  
interests2  7#c7 by inserting acquired  

after may use the2 and  7#d7 in         
paragraph 7#b7 by striking ,right-of-way
 and inserting ,real property interests4
  7b7 ,updates required ,not later than 
#f months after the date of enactment of
 this ,act the ,administrator of the    
,federal ,transit ,administration shall 
update ,,fta ,circular #ejaj4a;,f1 or   
any successor circular or regulations1  
and any other necessary guidance        
necessary to implement the amendments   
made by subsection 7a74  #c4 ,passenger 
rail project transactions  7a7 ,in      
general ,chapter #bdb of title #di1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3        
#bdbjc4 ,passenger rail project         
transactions  7a7 ,real property        
interests ,a recipient of financial     
assistance under chapter #bbi1 #bdi1 or 
#bdc may use such assistance to acquire 
through purchase1 lease1 or otherwise   
secure or control real property         
interests before or during the          
completion of the environmental reviews 

for a project that may use such property
 interests if the acquisition or related
 transaction is otherwise permitted by  
,federal law4  7b7 ,timing of           
development ,a real property interest   
acquired1 leased1 or otherwise secured  
or controlled under subsection 7a7 may  
not be physically developed or improved 
in anticipation of the proposed project 
until all required environmental reviews
 for the project have been completed4  4
  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the analysis 
for chapter #bdb of title #di1 ,united  
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #bdbjc4         
,passenger rail project transactions4  4