All Aboard Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced
Summary
The All Aboard Act of 2025 would create a national program to accelerate intercity passenger rail, with a central focus on _rail electrification and expansion_. It links new grants and formula funding to zero‑emission targets, climate resilience, and community engagement.
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- Families and nearby communities: Prioritizes environmental justice areas for grants and creates an EPA railyard air pollution program with a five‑year authorization of $500 million to cut local emissions and improve public health.
- Workers and job seekers: Sets prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, requires workforce transition plans, and funds a Rail Workforce Training Program with $500 million over five years to train technicians for electrified systems.
- States, Amtrak, and rail operators: Creates a State Rail Formula Funding program, a competitive Green Railroads Fund for electrification, expands passenger‑rail and CRISI authorities, allows federal funds to cover some non‑federal cost shares, and sets targets for zero‑emission locomotives by 2047 and higher corridor capacity by 2050.
*Would authorize new federal spending, including $500 million for EPA railyard grants and $500 million for workforce training over five years, increasing federal outlays.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Big federal funding for passenger rail
If enacted, the bill would send large federal money to expand passenger rail and safety over five years starting October 1, 2025. It would authorize $30 billion for Amtrak, including $5 billion for climate resilience projects. States would get formula grants totaling $3.5 billion and at least $5 million per State each year. The bill would also provide $1 billion for rail restoration and $10 billion for crossing elimination. States and Amtrak could use federal grant receipts to cover required non‑federal cost shares unless another law or grant agreement forbids it.
Grants to electrify and decarbonize rail
If enacted, the bill would create big competitive grants to electrify and cut pollution from trains. It would authorize $50 billion for a Green Railroads Fund and $30 billion for expanded CRISI grants over five years starting October 1, 2025. Grants must include community engagement, worker protections, apprenticeships, and priority for projects that reduce pollution in environmental justice communities. The bill also defines "electrification infrastructure" and a "zero‑emission locomotive" to guide eligible projects.
New labor rules and rail training
If enacted, construction work paid for by the bill would need Davis‑Bacon prevailing wages. The Department of Labor would get enforcement powers. Passenger rail operators on bill‑funded infrastructure would count as rail carriers for certain retirement, unemployment, and labor laws, with limited contractor exceptions. The bill would also create rail workforce training centers and authorize $500 million over five years for apprenticeships, standards, and retraining starting October 1, 2025.
EPA railyard pollution grants
If enacted, the EPA would run a new grant program to cut air pollution from railyards. The bill would authorize $500 million over five years starting October 1, 2025 to fund projects under the Clean Air Act. The program would focus on reducing harmful emissions near railyards and help nearby communities, including environmental justice areas.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
MA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
VT • I
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Richard Blumenthal
CT • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
MA • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
DE • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
MD • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]
MD • D
Sponsored 7/31/2025
Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Roll Call Votes
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