Assistance program
Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail
$17.2 Billion committed in FY2020–FY2026
- Agency
- Federal Railroad Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 20.326
- What it does
- To fund capital projects that repair, replace, or rehabilitate publicly-owned or controlled railroad assets and improve intercity passenger rail performance.
- Who benefits
- Profit organization, Interstate, State, Local (A) a State (including the District of Columbia); (B) a group of States; (C) an Interstate Compact; (D) a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States; (E) a political subdivision of a State; (F) Amtrak, acting on its own behalf or under a cooperative agreement with 1 or more States; or (G) any combination of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).
- Who applies
- (A) a State (including the District of Columbia); (B) a group of States; (C) an Interstate Compact; (D) a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States; (E) a political subdivision of a State; (F) Amtrak, acting on its own behalf or under a cooperative agreement with 1 or more States; or (G) any combination of the entities described in (A) through (F).
- Authorized by
- Sections 11103 and 11302 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) (2015)
- Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58
- 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
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