49 U.S.C. § 24904 — Northeast Corridor planning

(a) By March 31, 2022, the Commission must send Congress a service development plan. It must identify repair, capacity, and capital projects; provide a coordinated 15-year plan; identify service goals and needed investment; phase investment, evaluate workforce needs, and manage resources and construction effects; and identify funding needs and possible sources. The Commission must update it at least every five years. (b) By November 1 each year, the Commission must create and submit a five-fiscal-year capital investment plan to the Transportation Secretary and the two named congressional committees. The plan must coordinate the whole Corridor; combine Amtrak, State, and commuter-authority plans under the cost policy; document projects advancing the service plan and asset-management needs after considering benefits, costs, readiness, operating effects, and available Federal and other funds; categorize projects under section 24319(c)(2)(C), identify projects in more than one category, and include funding sources, financing methods, cost-sharing status, expected Federal assistance, expected recipients, and implementers. The Commission must require timely information for agency review and coordination. (c) If it does not make a plan for a fiscal year, that year’s Northeast Corridor account funds may be spent only on projects in the prior year’s plan. (d) Amtrak and other infrastructure owners supporting intercity passenger service must develop, use, and update an asset-management system for their submissions. The system must be consistent with the quoted “transit asset management system,” which this section does not define, and include an asset inventory, condition assessment, needed resources and processes for good repair, and changes since the prior plan. (e) “Northeast Corridor” means the main line Boston–District of Columbia and branch lines to Harrisburg, Springfield, and Spuyten Duyvil, including facilities and services used to operate and maintain them.