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Last week, the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the fiscal year 2013 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies bill — which does not include any funds for high-speed rail.

The bill does, however, include a new state-of-good-repair maintenance program for Amtrak, providing $500 million through a subaccount within the Capital and Debt Service account. The bill also appropriates $350 million for Amtrak operating assistance, $116 million less than the FY2012 level and $50 million less than the Senate’s FY2013 proposal.

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s version of the bill, which passed in mid-April, appropriates $100 million for capital assistance for “high-performance passenger rail service” to fund programs authorized under the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act,  including grants for intercity passenger-rail projects and projects to reduce congestion or facilitate ridership growth along passenger-rail corridors.

The House is expected to vote on its version of the bill this summer.