Assistance program
Restoration and Enhancement
$147.4 Million committed in FY2022–FY2026
- Agency
- Federal Railroad Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 20.324
- What it does
- This program provides operating assistance grants for initiating, restoring, or enhancing intercity rail passenger transportation. This may include establishing a new service, restoring previously operated service, or enhancements to current service, such as: additional frequencies, service extensions and offering new on-board services.
- Who benefits
- Interstate, State Profit organization, State, Local, Public nonprofit institution/organization (1) a State, including the District of Columbia; (2) a group of States; (3) an Interstate Compact; (4) a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States; (5) a political subdivision of a State; (6) Amtrak or another rail carrier that provides intercity rail passenger transportation; (7) Any rail carrier in partnership with at least 1 of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5); and (8) any combination of the entities described in (1) through (7).
- Who applies
- Interstate, State (includes District of Columbia), Local, Profit organization, State (1) a State, including the District of Columbia; (2) a group of States; (3) an Interstate Compact; (4) a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States; (5) a political subdivision of a State; (6) Amtrak or another rail carrier that provides intercity rail passenger transportation; (7) Any rail carrier in partnership with at least 1 of the entities described in (1) through (5); and (8) any combination of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (7).
- Authorized by
- Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, Public Law 114-94 (2015), 49 US Code 22908
- Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, 49 US Code 22908
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Div. K, Tit. I, Public Law 115-31
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Div. L, Tit. I, Public Law 115-141
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, Div. G, Tit. I, Public Law 116-6
- Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Div. H, Tit. I, Public Law 116-94
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Div. L, Tit. I, Public Law 116-260
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Div. L, Tit. I, Public Law 117-103
- 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
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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