[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8689 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8689

To require Amtrak to publicly disclose certain bonus compensation paid 
             to Amtrak executives, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2024

 Mr. Molinaro introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require Amtrak to publicly disclose certain bonus compensation paid 
             to Amtrak executives, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Amtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TAXPAYER-ASSISTED EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

    (a) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days before Amtrak awards 
performance-based bonus compensation to an Amtrak executive, Amtrak 
shall brief the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate on the proposed bonus and the criteria and 
metrics used to calculate such a bonus.
    (b) Public Disclosure.--Amtrak shall publish in the Federal 
Register--
            (1) notice of any bonus compensation awarded to an Amtrak 
        executive not later than 30 days after awarding such bonus; and
            (2) an explanation of the criteria and metrics used to 
        calculate such bonus.
    (c) Amtrak Executive Defined.--In this section, the term ``Amtrak 
executive'' means a full-time employee of Amtrak in a management 
position, including the following positions:
            (1) Chief Executive Officer.
            (2) Executive Vice President and General Counsel and 
        Corporate Secretary.
            (3) President.
            (4) Vice President, Government Affairs, and Corporate 
        Communications.
            (5) Executive Vice President, Capital Delivery.
            (6) Executive Vice President, Strategy, Planning and 
        Accessibility.
            (7) Executive Vice President and Chief Safety Officer.
            (8) Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource 
        Officer.
            (9) Executive Vice President, Service Delivery and 
        Operations.
            (10) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
            (11) Executive Vice President, Digital Technology and 
        Innovation.
            (12) Any individual whose duties and responsibilities are 
        substantially similar the personnel listed in paragraphs (1) 
        through (11), or as defined in section 700.2(b) of title 49, 
        Code of Federal Regulations.
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