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 PUBLIC LAW 103-331—SEPT. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 2481 NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL For necessary expenses for Next Generation High Speed Rail studies, corridor planning, development, demonstration, and implementation, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds under this head may be made available for grants to states for high speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, environmental analyses and track and signal improvements. TRUST FUND SHARE OF NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) For grants and payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of the High-Speed Ground Transportation program as defined in subsections 1036(c) and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and environmental analyses, $3,400,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $5,000,000. GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation authorized by 45 U.S.C. 601, to remain available until expended, $772,000,000, of which $542,000,000 shall be available for operating losses incurred by the Corporation, for mandatory passenger rail service payments, and for labor protection costs, and of which $230,000,000, not to become available until July 1, 1995, shall be available for capital improvements: Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other than the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees while in official travel status: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this head for operating losses, $8,000,000 is available only for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's share of short-term avoidable losses for state-supported rail services authorized under section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act, as amended. RHODE ISI-AND RAIL DEVELOPMENT For the costs associated with construction of a third track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate double stack freight cars, $5,000,000, to be matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee on a dollar for dollar basis and to remain available until expended: Provided, That as a condition of accepting Contracts, such funds, the Providence and Worcester (P&W) Railroad shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to reimburse Amtrak and/or the Federal Railroad Administration, on a dollar for dollar basis, up to the first $5,000,000 in damages resulting from any

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