NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROAD CORPORATION

TRA · Transportation

Provisions impacting commuter rail contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) and post-passage commuter railroad and transit grant program implementation. Updates regarding Metra service and capital budget information for impacted constituents; Outreach relating to the Building Rail Infrastructure for a Durable and Growing Economy (BRIDGE) Act (H.R. 6889/S. 3701); outreach relating to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program; outreach relating to surface transportation reauthorization priorities (H.R. 8870/no bill number).; outreach relating to Rail Station Modernization Act (no bill number)

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 6889, S. 3701, H.R. 8870

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Funding issues related to rail bridge and station infrastructure capital needs; education and advocacy on issues related to transit funding needs, education and advocacy on funding related to the transit fiscal cliff; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 and Congressionally Directed Spending (P.L. 119-75); Outreach relating to FY27 community project funding requests (H.R. 9170/no bill number).

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 9170

RRR · Railroads

Brief Members of Congress on Metra capital projects, and partnerships with freight railroads and Amtrak. Outreach to Members of Congress regarding commuter rail services on the UP-N, UP-W, Milwaukee North, Milwaukee West, and UP-NW commuter railroad lines. Education and advocacy on Metras rail bridge funding initiative and Chicago O'Hare International Airport express rail initiative.