S.Amdt. 2566

SA 2566. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, and Mr. Baucus) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2549 submitted by Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Baucus) and intended to be proposed to the bill S. 1072, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike all after “(g)” and insert: Prohibition on Use of Highway Account for Rail Projects.--Section 9503(c) (relating to transfers from Highway Trust Fund for certain repayments and credits) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(6) Prohibition on use of highway account for certain rail projects.--With respect to rail projects beginning after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, no amount shall be available from the Highway Account (as defined in subsection (e)(5)(B)) for any rail project, except for any rail project involving publicly owned rail facilities or any rail project yielding a public benefit.”.