High Speed Rail Transportation Policy and Development Act

Summary

High Speed Rail Transportation Policy and Development Act - Amends the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 to require the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to submit to specified congressional committees a study of the commercial feasibility of constructing one or more high speed rail transportation systems in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to establish a National High Speed Rail Transportation Policy to promote the design, construction, and operation of high speed rail transportation systems in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to guarantee loans made by a State or local government (including loans from a public employee pension fund) for the construction or purchase of related equipment and facilities to demonstrate the commercial and technical feasibility of high speed rail transportation technologies. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes a High Speed Rail Transportation Loan Guarantee Fund to be used to carry out such loan guarantee program.

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• Reported in House (text)

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• Introduced in House (text)

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 3 October 1990

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 April 1990

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