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Fiscal Year 2013 Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (20.323)

Fiscal Year 2013 Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Assistance Listing 20.323) is run by the Federal Railroad Administration, part of the Department of Transportation. It awarded $31.5 million in 2 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $15.7 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

There were 2 awards in five years, from $10.5 million to $21.0 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To provide supplemental assistance to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) for disaster assistance related to Hurricane Sandy.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

As directed by authorizing and appropriating statute, assistance is available only to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

What the money can and cannot pay for

As specified in individual Grant Opportunity announcements, assistance may be used to fund repair expenses or resiliency projects.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. NA

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines

Award range and average, in the agency's words

The Hackensack Sub 42 Resiliency Improvements project and the Reconstruction of Substation 41 project were funded in FY 2023.

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2016: Examples of projects with funds obligated in FY 13 include: 1) Disaster relief for repairs addressing equipment issues, failures, and problems, and 2) Disaster relief for the extension of the encasement under the Hudson Yards, NY.Fiscal Year2017: An example of a project obligated in FY13 that was completed in FY 2017 is the Hudson Yards Concrete Encasement Project that consists of the construction of an underground, sealed, watertight rectangular structure.Fiscal Year2018: Projects completed in FY 18 included the construction of an underground, sealed, watertight concrete encasement designed to withstand future storm surge and other weather events.Fiscal Year2019: Projects completed in FY 19 included the construction of an underground, sealed, watertight concrete encasement designed to withstand future storm surge and other weather events.Fiscal Year2020: Projects completed in FY 2020 included the construction of an underground, sealed, watertight concrete encasement designed to withstand future storm surge and other weather events.Fiscal Year2021: No new projects were funded in FY 2021. The last obligation under the program occurred in FY 2020.Fiscal Year2022: No new projects will be funded in FY 2022.

Continue reading on SAM.gov

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Fiscal Year 2013 Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (20.323) awarded$31.5 million across 2 grant awards, an average of $15.7 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
National Railroad Passenger CorporationDistrict of Columbia2$31.5 million

Top states: District of Columbia ($31.5 million).

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to businesses.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Businesses2$31.5 million100%

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
District of Columbia2$31.5 million

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.