Railway Track and Structures, 12/11:
How rail fares in spending bill
The House and Senate's effort to keep the federal government operating through the end of fiscal year 2015 was revealed late Tuesday in the form of a trillion-dollar-plus spending bill, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015.
The $1.01-trillion bill provides a total of $53.77 billion in discretionary budget authority for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and related agencies for FY15.
According to the summary by of the bill, it "includes funding for a broad range of transportation infrastructure, including roads and bridges, railroads and transit systems. The bill ensures that Amtrak continues to deliver passenger rail transportation throughout the country, a system on which both urban and rural communities depend."
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