Assistance program
National Railroad Passenger Corporation Grants
$43.5 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Federal Railroad Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 20.315
- What it does
- To provide financial assistance to support the operation of and capital investment in intercity passenger rail service in the United States.
- Who benefits
- As directed by authorizing and appropriating statute, assistance is available only to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak).
- Who applies
- As directed by authorizing and appropriating statute, assistance is available only to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak).
- Authorized by
- Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act & Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, Public Law 114-223 & 254
- Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 & Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114-53 & 113
- Continuing Appropriation Resolution, 2015 & Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-164 & 235
- Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017; Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018; Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018; Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018; Further Extension…
- Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019, Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes making appropriations for fiscal year 2019; Further Ad…
- Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Pub. L. 116-94; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Pub. L. 116-136.
- Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act making appropriations for FY 2021 through December 11, 2020, Pub. L. 116-159, October 1, 2020; Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act making appropriations for FY 2021 through December 18, …
- Program site
- https://railroads.dot.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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- Committed through this program
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