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 12 2 STA T .49 4 7PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 4 3 2 —O CT. 1 6, 200 8SEC.302 .C ONG ES TI ONG RA NTS. (a)AMEND MEN T.—Ch a pter241of t i t l e4 9,Un ite dS tate s Code, isa m ended by addin g at the end the follo w ing new se c tion

‘ §24105.Congesti ong ra nts ‘ ‘(a) A U T HORI T Y .— T he Secretary of Transportation may ma k e grants to States, or to Amtrak in cooperation with States, for financing the capital costs of facilities, infrastr u cture, and e q uip - ment for high priority rail corridor pro j ects necessary to reduce congestion or facilitate ridership growth in intercity rail passenger transportation. ‘‘(b) EL I G I B LE P RO J E C T S .—Projects eligible for grants under this section include projects— ‘‘(1) identified by Amtrak as necessary to reduce congestion or facilitate ridership growth in intercity rail passenger transportation along hea v ily traveled rail corridors ‘‘(2) identified by the Surface Transportation B oard as nec- essary to improve the on time performance and reliability of intercity rail passenger transportation under section 24 308 (f); and ‘‘(3) designated by the Secretary as being sufficiently advanced in development to be capable of serving the purposes described in subsection (a) on an e x pedited schedule. ‘‘(c) F EDER A L SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a project financed under this section shall not exceed 80 percent. ‘‘(d) G RANT CONDITIONS.—The Secretary of Transportation shall require each recipient of a grant under this section to comply with the grant requirements of section 2440 5 of this title. ‘‘(e) AUTHORI Z ATION O F A P PROPRIATIONS.—There are authori z ed to be appropriated, from amounts made available under section 301 of the Passenger R ail I nvestment and Improvement Act of 2008, to the Secretary to carry out this section— ‘‘(1) $ 50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; ‘‘(2) $ 7 5,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; ‘‘(3) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and ‘‘(4) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2013. ’ ’. (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for such chapter 241 is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ‘ ‘ 24105.Congesti ong ra nts. ’ ’. SEC. 303. STATE RAI LP LANS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of subtitle V is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘C HAPTER 22 7—S TATE RA IL PLA N S ‘‘ S e c. ‘‘22 7 01. D e f initions. ‘‘22702. Au t h orit y . ‘‘2270 3 . P ur p oses. ‘‘22704. T ransparency coor d ination; re v ie w. ‘‘22705. Content. ‘‘2270 6 . R eview. ‘‘§ 22701. D e f initions ‘‘In this subchapter: ‘‘(1) PRI V ATE BENEFIT.—

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