; (2) Railroad Safety Grants account totaling $81,257.66 appropriated by Public Law 113–235 is hereby permanently rescinded; (3) Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service account totaling $53,118,096.83 appropriated by Public Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; (4) Next Generation High-Speed Rail account totaling $94.94 appropriated by Public Law 108–447 is hereby permanently rescinded; and (5) Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account totaling $678.16 appropriated by Public Law 108–447 is hereby permanently rescinded. 155. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 riders in 325 communities in 40 States and are particularly important in rural areas