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HR 6408 111th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Budget deficits and national debt Intergovernmental relations Public transit Railroads State and local finance Transportation programs funding

To allow States to return certain funds made available for high speed rail and intercity rail projects to the general fund of the Treasury for Federal budget deficit reduction.

Introduced: November 16, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Nov 16, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes states to return to the Secretary of Transportation certain unobligated stimulus funds made available for high speed rail and intercity rail projects under title XII of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Requires the Secretary to deposit such funds into the general fund of the Treasury for federal budget deficit reduction.

What's happening now November 16, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Nov 18, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6408: To allow States to return certain funds made available for high speed rail and intercity rail projects to the general fund of the Treasury for Federal budget deficit reduction.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6408/
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"H.R. 6408: To allow States to return certain funds made available for high speed rail and intercity rail projects to the general fund of the Treasury for Federal budget deficit reduction.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6408/.
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H.R. 6408, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6408/.
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[H.R. 6408: To allow States to return certain funds made available for high speed rail and intercity rail projects to the general fund of the Treasury for Federal budget deficit reduction.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6408/)
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