A bill to authorize the State of Ohio to reprogram grant funds received for intercity passenger rail service pursuant to title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for other transportation projects.

Authorizes the state of Ohio to use (reprogram) grant funds received from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for intercity passenger rail service capital projects, pursuant to appropriations under title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, for any other transportation projects.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3983 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3983

 To authorize the State of Ohio to reprogram grant funds received for 
intercity passenger rail service pursuant to title XII of the American 
    Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for other transportation 
                               projects.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2010

 Mr. Voinovich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the State of Ohio to reprogram grant funds received for 
intercity passenger rail service pursuant to title XII of the American 
    Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for other transportation 
                               projects.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPROGRAMMING OF GRANTS FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN 
              OHIO.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State of Ohio is 
authorized to use any grant funds received from the Federal Railroad 
Administration for capital projects described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of section 24401(2) of title 49, United States Code, pursuant to 
appropriations under title XII of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), for any transportation 
project described in title 23 or 49, United States Code.
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