US SB3728

Amends Section 25101(c) of title 49, United States Code, governing the Corridor Identification and Development Program for intercity passenger rail

Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from requiring or considering committed or anticipated non-Federal funding when evaluating long-distance intercity passenger rail corridors for the program

Applies to any long-distance route corridor accepted into the program on or after October 1, 2023

Introduced January 29, 2026 by Senators Sheehy and Merkley with bipartisan sponsorship