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Congress established the '''Northeast Corridor Commission''' (the Commission) under Sec. 212 of Public Law 110-432 ([[Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008]]) <ref>{{USC|49|24905}}</ref> to promote mutual cooperation and planning among owners and operators on the [[Northeast Corridor]] (NEC) rail line and to advise the [[U.S. Congress]] on Corridor policy and investment needs. 

==Description==
The Commission consists of one member from each of the NEC states and the [[District of Columbia]]; four members from [[Amtrak]]; and five members from the [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]. The Commission also includes non-voting representatives from four freight railroads, states with feeder corridors, and commuter authorities not directly represented by a Commission member.

The Commission approved a Northeast Corridor Commuter and Intercity Rail Cost Allocation Policy (the Policy) in 2015 as a first step towards establishing a new framework for regional cooperation. The Policy employs consistent and transparent methods for sharing about $1 billion in annual operating and baseline capital costs among infrastructure owners and service operators. In addition, the Policy calls for a collaborative capital planning process among stakeholders, new performance reporting requirements, and a federal-state funding partnership to eliminate the $28 billion state-of-good repair backlog and address improvement needs not funded through the Policy.

Congressional passage of the [[Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act|FAST Act]] in December 2015 represented a significant step forward for the NEC.  It marked the first time that intercity passenger rail was addressed in a multi-year authorization alongside other surface transportation programs and it codified many of recommendations included in the Policy aimed at increasing collaboration, transparency, and accountability for all NEC stakeholders.<ref name=>"About The Commission". Northeast Corridor Commission. http://www.nec-commission.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/About-The-Commission.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220141531/http://www.nec-commission.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/About-The-Commission.pdf |date=2016-12-20 }}</ref>

== Members ==
The NEC Commission has five voting members from USDOT, four from Amtrak, and one each from the eight NEC states and the District of Columbia. Non-voting members include the NEC feeder states, freight railroads and independent commuter authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nec-commission.com/commission/|title=The Commission|publisher=Northeast Corridor Commission|access-date=2024-03-12}}</ref>

'''NEC States:'''
*[[Massachusetts Department of Transportation]]
*[[Rhode Island Department of Transportation]]
*[[Connecticut Department of Transportation]] 
*[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]
*[[NJ Transit]]
*[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]]
*[[Delaware Department of Transportation]]
*[[Maryland Department of Transportation]]
*[[District of Columbia Department of Transportation]]

'''[[U.S. Department of Transportation]]:'''
*5 members, including:
**[[Federal Railroad Administration]]
**[[Federal Transit Administration]]

'''[[Amtrak]]:'''
*4 members

== Non-voting Representatives ==
*[[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]]
*[[Virginia Railway Express]]
*[[Conrail Shared Assets Operations]]
*[[Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority]]
*[[CSX Transportation]]
*[[Genesee & Wyoming]]
*[[Norfolk Southern Corporation]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

*{{Official website|https://nec-commission.com/}}

[[Category:Northeastern United States]]
[[Category:Northeast Corridor]]
[[Category:Independent agencies of the United States government]]
[[Category:Amtrak]]