S.Amdt. 1075

SA 1075. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R.
3055, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert
the following:
Sec. 1__. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used--
(1) to terminate a grant or cooperative agreement with the
California High-Speed Rail Authority;

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(2) to deobligate funding associated with a grant or
cooperative agreement with the California High-Speed Rail
Authority; or
(3) to require the State of California or the California
High-Speed Rail Authority to repay funding previously
obligated and expended.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply to Cooperative Agreement FR-
HSR-0009-10-01-06 and any other grant or cooperative
agreement with the California High-Speed Rail Authority in
effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Notwithstanding the Department of Transportation
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117), deobligated
funds associated with Cooperative Agreement FR-HSR-0118-12-
01-01 may not be made available for any purpose until the
final determination of any litigation concerning such funds.
(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), upon the final
determination of any litigation referred to in subsection
(c), deobligated funds referred to in subsection (c) shall be
made available only for high-speed rail projects under
section 26106 of title 49, United States Code, in accordance
with such section.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of
Transportation shall--
(A) issue a notice of funding opportunity for grants for
projects referred to in paragraph (1) not later than 30 days
after the final determination of litigation referred to in
subsection (c);
(B) ensure that such notice of funding opportunity requires
applications to be submitted not later than 30 days after the
issuance of such notice;
(C) require such applications to include completed
documentation with respect to any required environmental
impact statements; and
(D) award grants not later than 60 days after the issuance
of notice under subparagraph (A).
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