Section 3024 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) amended Federal transit law by adding a new provision at 49 U.S.C. 5324(c) that allows FTA, under certain conditions, to assist in the acquisition of pre-existing railroad right-of-way (ROW) before the completion of an environmental review for any transportation project that will eventually be built on that ROW.