,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iahb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #h1 #bjbf,mr4  
,beyer 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,foushee1    
,ms4 ,mc,clellan1 ,ms4 ,wilson of       
,florida1 and ,mr4 ,soto7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,administrator of the ,federal      
,railroad ,administration to study      
improving rail and integrating new rail 
power technologies in the southeastern  
,united ,states1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,southeastern ,rail        
,technologies ,mapping ,act of #bjbf4   
#b4 ,study on improving rail and        
integration of new rail power           
technologies  7a7 ,in general ,the      
,administrator of the ,federal ,railroad
 ,administration1 acting through the    
,associate ,administrator of the ,office
 of ,research1 ,data1 and ,innovation1  
shall conduct a study relating to the   

improvement of rail performance and     
integration of new rail power           
technologies in the southeastern ,united
 ,states4  7b7 ,considerations ,in      
conducting the study under subsection   
7a71 the ,administrator shall-- 7#a7    
identify--  7,a7 any segment of a rail  
corridor between ,florida and           
,washington1 ,,dc that may be suitable  
for technologies such as rail           
electrification or use of fuel cell or  
battery2 and  7,b7 any challenges       
relating to implementing such           
technologies2 and  7#b7 for each segment
 of such rail corridor for which the    
,administrator determines the           
technologies described in paragraph 7#a7
 cannot be implemented--  7,a7 explain  
the reasoning for such determination2   
and  7,b7 recommend any update to the   
rail corridor that would make it        
suitable for the implementation of such 
technologies and provide an estimated   
cost for each such update4  7c7 ,report 
,not later than #ah months after the    

date of enactment of this ,act1 the     
,administrator shall submit to ,congress
 a report describing the results of the 
study conducted under subsection 7a74