Directs the State Controller to transfer $16,392,176 from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Reserve to the Department of Transportation’s Rail Division (Division) for 2025-26 for the Freight Rail & Rail Safety Improvement Fund (Rail Fund). Appropriates those funds from the Rail Fund to be used to provide grants for recovery and repair of the following short-line railroads damaged by Hurricane Helene:

• $14 million to Blue Ridge Southern Railroad, LLC, for line restoration.
• $2,392,176 for track rehabilitation, facility repairs, and revenue loss to the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, LLC.

Effective July 1, 2025.