Minnesota HF3176: Rail corridor service analysis required for passenger rail service to Fargo and Kansas City, commissioner of transportation required to apply for federal passenger rail corridor identification and development programming, and money appropriated.

What the bill says

A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring rail corridor service analysis for passenger rail service to Fargo and Kansas City; requiring commissioner of transportation to apply for federal passenger rail corridor identification and development programming; appropriating money. new text begin [ADDED: Subdivision 1.] new text end new text begin [ identification and development required.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (a) The commissioner of transportation must apply to the Federal Railroad Administration's Corridor Identification and Development Program established by the Infr.

From the introduced text, April 10, 2025:

A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring rail corridor service analysis for passenger rail service to Fargo and Kansas City; requiring commissioner of transportation to apply for federal passenger rail corridor identification and development programming; appropriating money. new text begin [ADDED: Subdivision 1.] new text end new text begin [ identification and development required.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (a) The commissioner of transportation must apply to the Federal Railroad Administration's Corridor Identification and Development Program established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act under United States Code, title 49, section 25101(a), for planning and development of two intercity passenger rail corridors with service originating in and extending beyond Minnesota. The two routes include: ] new text end new text begin [ and ] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (2) establishment of new passenger rail service from St. Paul to Kansas City, Missouri, that includes service to Northfield, Albert Lea, and Des Moines, Iowa. ] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (b) Upon successful application and award of development funds from the Federal Railroad Administration for the routes developed in paragraph (a), the commissioner must execute and complete all Step 1 scoping requirements under the Corridor Identification and Development Program for both routes in paragraph (a).] new text end new text begin [ADDED: …