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 106 STAT. 3516 PUBLIC LAW 102-533 —OCT. 27, 1992 consult and cooperate, to the extent feasible, with such applicants proposing technology demonstrations authorized and funded pursuant to Federal law.". SEC. 4. NORTHEAST CORRIDOR PROGRAM MASTER PLAN. (a) AMENDMENT.—Title VII of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 45 USC 856. " SEC. 708. PROGRAM MASTER PLAN. the Secretary, in consultation with the Corporation and the commuter and freight railroads operating over the Northeast Corridor main line between Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, shall develop and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a program master plan for a coordinated program of improvements to such main line that will permit the establishment of regularly scheduled, safe, and dependable rail passenger service between Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, including appropriate intermediate stops, in 3 hours or less. Such plan snail include— "(1) a description of the implications of such improvements for the regional transportation system, including the probable effects on general travel trends and on travel volumes in other transportation modes, and the implications for State and local governments in attaining compliance with the Clean Air Act; "(2) an identification of the coordinated program of improvements and the specific projects that comprise that program, including their estimated costs, schedules, timing, and relationship with other projects; "(3) an identification of the financial responsibility for the specific projects that comprise the program, and the sources of those funds; "(4) an operating plan for the period of construction of the improvements demonstrating a coordinated approach to scheduling intercity and commuter trains; "(5) an operating plan, for the period after completion of the program, for the coordinated scheduling of intercity and commuter trains, including the provision of priority scheduling, dispatching, and occupancy of tracks for appropriately frequent, regularly scheduled intercity rail passenger service of 3 hours or less between Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, with appropriate intermediate stops; "(6) a comprehensive plan to control future congestion on the Northeast Corridor attributable to increases in intercity and commuter rail passenger service; "(7) an assessment of long-term operational safety needs and a list of specific projects designed to maximize operational safety; and (8) any comments the Corporation submits to the Secretary regarding the contents of the plan. The Secretary shall submit to the Congress any modifications made to the program master plan, along with any comments the Corporation submits to the Secretary regarding such modifications.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— The table of contents for the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 is
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