 No new funding for long @-@ distance intercity and high @-@ speed rail was included in the budget . This funding had originally been introduced as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus bill in 2009 , but had proved controversial as several Republican governors elected in the 2010 elections subsequently rejected the federal funding for rail projects in their states . However , funding for 26 short @-@ distance routes eliminated in the House version was restored in the enacted bill . 
