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H.R. 2156 (95th)
A bill to provide preemptive option and financial assistance to States to purchase abandoned rail lines for transportation and utility purposes.
Introduced
19 January 1977
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Status
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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1 August 2024
Summary
Stipulates that as a condition to the abandonment of any railroad line, the owner of such railroad line must give the State in which the line is located a preemptive option to purchase the line during a one year period for transportation and public utility purposes. Stipulates that acquisitions of such lines shall be projects eligible for grants under current Federal financial assistance programs for transportation and public utility purposes.
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 19 January 1977
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/2156
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/hr/2156