Battery and Regenerative Braking Act

I 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3729 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide eligibility for projects to develop and implement regenerative braking and energy storage tech- nologies under the consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improve- ments program, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 4, 2025 Mr. MULLIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide eligibility for projects to develop and implement regenerative brak- ing and energy storage technologies under the consoli- dated rail infrastructure and safety improvements pro- gram, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Battery and Regenera-4 tive Braking Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Jun 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3729.IH H3729ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3729 IH SEC. 2. CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFE-1 TY IMPROVEMENTS. 2 Section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, is 3 amended by adding at the end the following: 4 ‘‘(m) A DDITIONAL ELIGIBLE ENTITIES AND 5 PROJECTS.—In addition to the eligibility provided in sub-6 sections (b) and (c), an entity providing commuter rail 7 passenger transportation, as defined in section 24102, 8 shall be eligible under this section for projects to develop 9 and implement regenerative braking and energy storage 10 technologies.’’. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Jun 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3729.IH H3729ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS