[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 174 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 174

    To improve the transparency of Amtrak operations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 2025

 Mrs. Fischer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
    To improve the transparency of Amtrak operations, 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 Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS.

    Section 24302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ``in an open 
        meeting''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) Meetings.--
            ``(1) Quorum.--A majority of the members serving on the 
        Board who are eligible to vote shall constitute a quorum for 
        doing business.
            ``(2) Notice; open meetings.--
                    ``(A) Notice.--Not later than 30 days before 
                convening any meeting of the Board, the Board shall 
                post, on a publicly accessible website, an announcement 
                of the meeting that includes the anticipated agenda for 
                the meeting.
                    ``(B) Open meetings.--All meetings of the Board 
                shall comply with the requirements set forth in section 
                552b of title 5.
            ``(3) Annual meeting with states.--Not less frequently than 
        annually, the Board shall convene a meeting to which the head 
        of the Department of Transportation of each State traversed by 
        a long-distance route or State-supported route, or the designee 
        of such State official, shall be invited to participate.''.

SEC. 3. DISCRETIONARY BONUS DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.

    Section 24303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``The preceding sentence'' and inserting ``Amtrak shall 
publicly disclose the amount of each discretionary bonus paid to any 
officer or non-bargaining unit employee. The 2 preceding sentences''.

SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE OF VENDOR AGREEMENTS.

    Section 24315(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``Upon request, Amtrak shall disclose 
to a State or the State-Amtrak Intercity Passenger Rail Committee, any 
vendor agreement valued at not less than $250,000 for services procured 
to implement a service on a State-supported route.''.
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