S. 2916 — Introduced in Senate

II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2916 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 19 (legislative day, September 16), 2025Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To remove the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider the committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for long distance intercity passenger rail routes under the Corridor Identification and Development Program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Long-Distance Corridor Relief Act. 2. Modification of consideration requirement of non-Federal funding for corridor selection Section 25101(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (14) as subparagraphs (A) through (N), respectively, and indenting such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking In selecting and inserting the following: (1) In general In selecting . (3) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking committed or and by inserting except as provided in paragraph (2), committed or; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (2) Exception for long-distance route corridor For the purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall not consider committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for operating or capital costs for any intercity passenger rail corridor on a long-distance route. .