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# Restoration and Enhancement Grant Program | FRA A **. gov** website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
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dot. gov/grants-loans/restoration-and-enhancement-grant-program) # Restoration and Enhancement Grant Program **Overview:**This program funds grants for initiating, restoring, or enhancing intercity passenger rail transportation. See the FY 2021-2024 Restoration and Enhancement Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for more information.
**Legislative Authority:** This program is authorized under 49 U.S.C. § 22908. Funding for the FY 2021-2024 program was made available by the following: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Div.
L, Tit. I, Pub. L.
116-260; the 2022-2024 advance appropriation in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), 2021, Div. J. , Tit.
VIII, Pub. L. No. 117-58; and additional carryover funding from Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, Div.
G, Tit. I, Pub. L.
116-6 and Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Div. H, Tit. I, Pub.
L. 116–94.
**FY 2021-2024 Funding Available for Award:**$153,845,680 **Recipients:**FY21-24 R&E Recipients Projects eligible for funding under this grant program include: * additional frequency of current service * offering new on-board services * establishing new service * extension of current service * restoration of previously operated service Eligible expenses are for funding assistance to initiate, restore, or enhance intercity rail passenger transportation.
Examples of such expenses may include: staffing costs for train engineers, conductors, on-board service crew; diesel fuel or electricity costs associated with train propulsion power; station costs such as ticket sales, customer information and train dispatching services, station building utility and maintenance costs; lease payments on rolling stock; routine planned maintenance costs of equipment and train cleaning; host railroad costs; train yard operation costs; general and administrative costs; and management, marketing, sales, and reservations costs.
(1) a State (including the District of Columbia); (3) an Interstate Compact; (4) a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by one or more States; (5) a political subdivision of a State; (6) Amtrak or another Rail Carrier that provides Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation; (7) any Rail Carrier in partnership with at least one of the entities described in (1) through (5); and (8) any combination of the entities described in (1) through (7).
* FRA Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Pre-Award Authority * To view presentation materials from the July 24, 2024, webinar, visit FRA'sWebinars web page, Restoration and Enhancement Grant Program drop-down.
* January 10, 2025 Press Release (Selections) * July 12, 2024 Press Release (NOFO) ## Previous Funding Rounds: Funding for the FY 2018-2020 program was made available by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (2020 Appropriation), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, Div. G, Tit. I, Public Law 116-6 (2019 Appropriation), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Div.
L, Tit. I, Public Law 115-141 (2018 Appropriation), and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Div. K, Tit.
I, Public Law 115-31 (2017 Appropriation).
**FY 2018-2020 Funding Available for Award:**$26,337,600 * Projects totaling $22,414,816 were selected * FY 2018–2019 Notice of Funding Opportunity * FY 2018-2019 Notice of Funding Opportunity amendment (adding FY 2020 Appropriation) * May 5, 2020 Press Release * November 6, 2019 Press Release **Legislative Authority:** Funding for the FY 2017 program was made available by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Pub. L.
No. 115-31, Division K, Title I and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Pub. L. 115-141, Division L, Title I.
**Funding Available for Award:**$4,796,500 * Projects totaling $4,360,000 were selected * FY 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity * August 29, 2019 Press Release * February 15, 2018 Press Release Last updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION **Federal Railroad Administration** 1200 NEW JERSEY AVENUE, SE * [](https://www. facebook. com/USDOTFRA) * [](https://twitter.
com/USDOTFRA) * [](https://www. linkedin. com/company/federal-railroad-administration) * [](http://www.
youtube. com/user/usdotfra) * Doing Business with FRA * Grants and Financial Assistance * Safety Management Teams * Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Information from FRA * Railroad Safety Advisory Committee ## Policies, Rights, Legal
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