[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4442 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4442

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for eligibility 
   radius requirements for transit-oriented development projects in 
 proximity of intercity passenger rail or fixed guideway rail transit 
  under the railroad rehabilitation and improvement program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2025

  Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Stanton) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for eligibility 
   radius requirements for transit-oriented development projects in 
 proximity of intercity passenger rail or fixed guideway rail transit 
  under the railroad rehabilitation and improvement program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Catalyzing Housing and American 
Ready Growth and Expansion Investments Act'' or the ``CHARGE 
Investments Act''.

SEC. 2. DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.

    Section 22402(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E) by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) to finance economic development, including 
                commercial and residential development, and related 
                infrastructure and activities, that--
                            ``(i) is physically connected to, or is 
                        within \1/4\ mile of, a fixed guideway transit 
                        station that uses rail or a fixed catenary 
                        system;
                            ``(ii) is not less than 2 miles from a 
                        downtown core that is not serviced by intercity 
                        passenger rail; and
                            ``(iii) incorporates private investment of 
                        greater than 20 percent of total project 
                        costs.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Extended eligibility radius.--
                    ``(A) Intercity passenger rail transportation.--
                Notwithstanding clause (ii) of paragraph (1)(F), for a 
                project described in such paragraph for a station 
                serving intercity rail passenger transportation that is 
                not located within the boundaries of a downtown core, 
                the eligibility radius for such project shall include 
                the nearest downtown core within a maximum 2-mile 
                radius of such station so long as--
                            ``(i) the project is located within the 
                        nearest downtown core; and
                            ``(ii) there is public transportation (as 
                        defined in section 5302) between the station 
                        serving intercity rail passenger transportation 
                        and the designated location described in clause 
                        (i).
            ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Downtown core.--The term `downtown core' 
                means an area within a municipality or region that--
                            ``(i) contains the highest concentration of 
                        office square footage or employment density, as 
                        determined by the most recent comprehensive 
                        plan, zoning map, economic development plan; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) is officially designated by a 
                        municipal or regional planning authority using 
                        terms such as central business district, 
                        downtown core, city center, urban core, 
                        business core, or similar terminology.
                    ``(B) Intercity rail passenger transportation.--The 
                term `intercity rail passenger transportation' has the 
                meaning given the term in section 24102.''.
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