A bill to amend the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 in order to expand the basic rail passenger transportation system to provide service to certain States.

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to designate an extension of the Basic National Rail Passenger System, established pursuant to the Rail Passenger Service Act, to provide adequate intercity rail passenger service to the major population area of each of the contiguous forty-eight states which did not have any large population area previously provided with intercity rail passenger service.

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Timeline

1. 21 January 1974

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 January 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 21 January 1974

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mansfield, Mike [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Muskie, Edmund S. [D-ME] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. McIntyre, Thomas J. [D-NH] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Metcalf, Lee [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] · R · Cosponsor
• · sscm00 · Standing

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