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Rail-Related Amendments for INVEST in America Act

June 10, 2021

A summary of roll call votes and committee action on rail-related amendments for the INVEST in America Act markup on June 9, 2021.

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A summary of rollcall votes and committee action on rail-related amendments for the INVEST in America Act markup on June 9, 2021.

SUPPORT - Brownley 028 - Amendment Section 130 (1) increase federal share to 100%; (2) increase incentive payment to $100,000
- WITHDRAWN (#1G)
OPPOSE - Crawford 038 - Strikes section 9204 - Amtrak preference enforcement
- NOT AGREED (#1GG) [voice vote]
SUPPORT - Davis 025 - Makes various changes to streamline or expedite environmental review for major projects
- NOT AGREED (#1H)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote026-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Katko 16 - Strikes bill and replaces with Senate EPW bill
OPPOSE - LaMalfa 155 - Diverts federal assistance for high-speed rail development to section 130 program
- NOT AGREED (#1R)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote030-20210609.pdf
SUPPORT - Lamb 028 REV 2 - Establishes a University Rail Climate Institute
- AGREED VOICE VOTE (#1O)
SUPPORT - Larsen 026 - Sets aside 10% of Community Climate Innovation grant program for rural projects
OPPOSE - Nehls 027 - Strikes Division D Rail Title in its entirety.
SUPPORT - Newman 032 - Create Rail Research and Development Center of Excellence
SUPPORT - Payne 023 - Sense of Congress concerning need to address cost and capacity issues associated with commuter rail liability insurance.
SUPPORT - Titus 072 - Expands eligible PRIME applicants to include otherwise-ineligible passenger rail carriers in partnership with an eligible applicant
- WITHDRAWN (#1E)
SUPPORT - Wilson 046 - Gives projects that benefit socially-disadvantaged individuals priority consideration in new Grade Crossing Separation program

Rail Passengers opposes Rep. Perry’s rail-related amendments en banc, which guts the rail title of the INVEST in America Act, depriving America’s passengers and Amtrak-served communities of any meaningful investment in this surface transportation reauthorization.

OPPOSE - Perry 088 - Restricts use of TIFIA funds for certain purposes and removes Amtrak eligibility
OPPOSE - Perry 093 - Strikes Sec. 9221. Amtrak carbon-free and renewable energy initiatives.
- NOT AGREED TO (#1DDDD)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote036-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 094 - Strikes Sec. 9220. Long-distance customer enhancement program.
- NOT AGREED TO (#1DDDD)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote036-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 095 - Strikes Sec. 9219. Amtrak Office of Community Outreach.
- NOT AGREED TO (#1DDDD)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote036-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 097 - TIFIA loans ineligible for non-federal share of other federal grants
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 107 - Removes authorization of new Title 23 Community Climate Innovation Grants program (intercity rail projects eligible)
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 111 - Prohibits the use of RRIF loan to satisfy a non-federal share of another federal grant
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 119 - Strikes Sec. 9102 - New PRIME Grants
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 120 - Strikes Sec. 9104. Railroad rehabilitation and improvement changes financing.
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 121 - Strikes Sec. 9105. RR Bridges, stations, and tunnels (BeST) grant program.
- NOT AGREED TO (#1DDDD)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote036-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 122 - Strikes section 9203 - Amtrak Board of Directors changes
- NOT AGREED TO (#1DDDD)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote036-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 123 - Strike 9206 - Prohibition on mandatory arbitration by Amtrak
- NOT AGREED TO (#1DDDD)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote036-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 124 - Strike Section 9212 - Carination on Amtrak contracting out.
- NOT AGREED TO (#1DDDD)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote036-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 141 - Repeals prevailing wages requirements from Buy America
- NOT AGREED (#1XXX)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote035-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 146 - Prohibition on federal funds for the expansion of Amtrak network beyond the current network upon enactment
- NOT AGREED TO (#1DDDD)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote036-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 167 - Strikes section promoting interstate rail compacts, including authorization of up-to-$500,000-per-compact grants
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 168 - Strikes Sec. 9601 requirement that the Secretary of Transportation draft report on the national rail network's vulnerability to climate change
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 169 - Strikes Sec. 9602 authorization of advance acquisition of certain real property by rail project sponsors
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 171 – Strikes Sec. 2101 funding authorizations for FTA programs
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 172 - Strikes funding authorizations for FTA CIG grants, and strikes associated FTA CIG policy changes proposed in Sec. 2911
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 173 - Limits Amtrak NEC & NN grant authorizations to FY 22 only (but does not reduce those authorizations)
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf
OPPOSE - Perry 92 - Strikes Sec. 9306 State rail planning formula funds.
- NOT AGREED TO (#1EEEE)
- https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112745/documents/CRPT-117-PW00-Vote037-20210609.pdf

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"It is an honor to be recognized by the Rail Passengers Association for my efforts to strengthen and expand America’s passenger rail. Golden spikes were once used by railroads to mark the completion of important rail projects, so I am truly grateful to receive the Golden Spike Award as a way to mark the end of a career that I’ve spent fighting to invest in our country’s rail system. As Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, it has been my priority to bolster funding for Amtrak, increase and expand routes, look to the future by supporting high-speed projects, and improve safety, culminating in $66 billion in new funding in the Bipartisan infrastructure Law."

Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
March 30, 2022, on receiving the Association's Golden Spike Award for his years of dedication and commitment to passenger rail.