This Act may be cited as the Long-Distance Corridor Relief Enhancement Act.

Section 25101(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (14) as subparagraphs (A) through (N), respectively, and indenting such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking In selecting and inserting the following: (1) In general In selecting; (3) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking committed or and by inserting except as provided in paragraph (2), committed or; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (2) Exception for long-distance route corridor (A) In general For the purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall not require or consider committed or anticipated non-Federal funding for any part of the program described in subsection (a) for any intercity passenger rail corridor on a long-distance route. (B) Application The exception provided in subparagraph (A) shall apply to any long-distance route corridor accepted into the program on or after October 1, 2023..