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S. 2916
U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee
Summary
S. 2916, the Long-Distance Corridor Relief Act, was introduced in the Senate on Sep 19, 2025 by Sen. Tim Sheehy (R). It was referred to Commerce, Science, And Transportation, and last saw action on Sep 19, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Record
Text
S. 2916 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.
sb2916/introduced-in-senate.txt119 S2916 IS: Long-Distance Corridor Relief ActU.S. Senate2025-09-19text/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2916 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 19 (legislative day, September 16), 2025 Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILLTo remove the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider the committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for long distance intercity passenger rail routes under the Corridor Identification and Development Program.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Long-Distance Corridor Relief Act .2.Modification of consideration requirement of non-Federal funding for corridor selectionSection 25101(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (14) as subparagraphs (A) through (N), respectively, and indenting such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;(2)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking In selecting and inserting the following:(1)In generalIn selecting.(3)in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking committed or and by inserting except as provided in paragraph (2), committed or ; and(4)by adding at the end the following:(2)Exception for long-distance route corridorFor the purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall not consider committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for operating or capital costs for any intercity passenger rail corridor on a long-distance route..
Tracker
The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.
- Introduced2025-09-19
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Conference
- To President
- Became Law
A bill to remove the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider the committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for long distance intercity passenger rail routes under the Corridor Identification and Development Program.
Sponsors
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) sponsors S. 2916 alone.
Committees
S. 2916 went before 1 committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Actions
S. 2916 has taken 2 actions since Sep 19, 2025.
| Chamber | Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 19, 2025 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | ||
Sep 19, 2025 | — | Introduced in Senate |
Votes
S. 2916 has not gone to a roll call.
Titles
S. 2916 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.
- Long-Distance Corridor Relief Act — Display Title
- Long-Distance Corridor Relief Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
- A bill to remove the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation consider the committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for long distance intercity passenger rail routes under the Corridor Identification and Development Program. — Official Title as Introduced
Lobbying
5 clients hired 5 firms and 20 registered lobbyists who named S. 2916 in 11 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.
Filed under Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Medicare/Medicaid, Trade (domestic/foreign), Animals, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Environment/Superfund.
Clients
Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.
| Client | Business | State | Firms | Filings | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | — | New Jersey | 1 | 4 | — |
| MERCK & CO INC | — | New Jersey | 1 | 3 | — |
| CSX CORPORATION | — | District of Columbia | 1 | 2 | — |
| SANOFI US SERVICES INC | — | District of Columbia | 1 | 1 | — |
| VIATRIS INC | — | Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | — |
Firms
Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.
| Registrant | Clients | Filings | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | 1 | 4 | — |
| MERCK & CO, INC. | 1 | 3 | — |
| CSX CORPORATION | 1 | 2 | — |
| SANOFI US SERVICES INC. | 1 | 1 | — |
| VIATRIS INC. | 1 | 1 | — |
Lobbyists
Named on the filings that cite the bill.
| Lobbyist | Firms | Clients | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEVE ISSENMAN | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| ADAM HUFTALEN | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BRADFORD TALLAMY | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BRADLEY ROSSIN | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| ELIZABETH SCHWARTZ | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| ERIN DARLING | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| STEPHANIE MCBATH | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| PATRICK EDMOND | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| STEPHEN FLIPPIN | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| THOMAS LIVINGSTON | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| ANNE WILSON | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CLAIRE BRANDEWIE | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DAVID MARIN | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| EMILY MICHAEL | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JENNIFER DALE | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| KATHARINE HAYES | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| KATIE OPPENHEIM | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MORGAN BRADLEY-JONES | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PETER WALLACE | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| WILL DENT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Filings
The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.
| Client | Registrant | Period | Reported | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERCK & CO INC | MERCK & CO, INC. | 2025 second_quarter | $5M | 2nd Quarter - Amendme… |
| MERCK & CO INC | MERCK & CO, INC. | 2025 second_quarter | $5M | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| MERCK & CO INC | MERCK & CO, INC. | 2025 first_quarter | $2.6M | 1st Quarter - Report |
| SANOFI US SERVICES INC | SANOFI US SERVICES INC. | 2025 first_quarter | $2.5M | 1st Quarter - Report |
| CSX CORPORATION | CSX CORPORATION | 2026 first_quarter | $620K | 1st Quarter - Report |
| VIATRIS INC | VIATRIS INC. | 2025 first_quarter | $590K | 1st Quarter - Report |
| CSX CORPORATION | CSX CORPORATION | 2026 second_quarter | $310K | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | 2025 first_quarter | $52.7K | 1st Quarter - Report |
| HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | 2025 second_quarter | $52.3K | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | 2025 third_quarter | $41.5K | 3rd Quarter - Report |
| HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY | 2025 fourth_quarter | $38.7K | 4th Quarter - Report |
Classification
The Congressional Research Service files S. 2916 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.
CRS Subjects
CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2916’s is Transportation and Public Works.
s2916/policy-areas.txtSource: congress.gov · legiscan.com