H.R. 4653: To repeal a prohibition on the use of certain funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, California.

109th Congress · introduced 2005-12-22 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2005-12-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To repeal a prohibition on the use of certain funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, California.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to repeal a provision prohibiting the use of certain funds for any segment of the downtown Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project unless the Southern California Rapid Transit District notifies the Urban Mass Transportation Administration that no part of the Metro Rail project will tunnel through any zone designated as a potential risk zone or high potential risk zone for methane gas.

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Official text

To repeal a prohibition on the use of certain funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, California.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4653, A bill to repeal a prohibition on the use of certain funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, California (2006-07-26); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4653, A bill to repeal a prohibition on the use of certain funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, California (2006-07-26)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr4653.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr4653 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109