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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8692 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8692

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 11, 2024

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 
  To require that the Amtrak Board of Directors comply with the open 
 meetings requirements of section 552b of title 5, United States Code, 
                        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 and 
Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers Act''.

SEC. 2. OPEN MEETINGS.

    Section 24301(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Section 552 of title 5, this part'' and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
        sections 552 and 552b of title 5, this part'';
            (2) in the second sentence by striking ``Section 552 of 
        title 5, United States Code, applies'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Timing of application.--Except as provided in 
        paragraph (3), sections 552 and 552b of title 5 apply''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Scope of application.--
                    ``(A) Information.--The requirements of the second 
                sentence of section 552b(b) of title 5 shall not apply 
                to any portion of an Amtrak meeting and subsections (d) 
                and (e) of section 552b of title 5 shall not apply to 
                any information pertaining to any portion of an Amtrak 
                meeting otherwise required by section 552b of title 5 
                to be disclosed to the public in any case in which 
                Amtrak properly determines that such portion or 
                portions of the meeting or the disclosure of such 
                information is likely to involve--
                            ``(i) contract negotiations, including 
                        negotiations for contract procurements and 
                        agreements, the disclosure of which would 
                        imperil or compromise the competitive position 
                        of Amtrak;
                            ``(ii) collective bargaining agreements or 
                        any terms and conditions that are proposed for 
                        inclusion in any collective bargaining 
                        agreement, including the negotiation of terms 
                        and conditions with employees or 
                        representatives of employees of Amtrak; and
                            ``(iii) with respect to any individual who 
                        is a prospective officer, employee, or 
                        contractor or an officer, employee, or 
                        contractor employed or appointed by Amtrak, 
                        matters involving the employment, appointment, 
                        termination of employment, terms and conditions 
                        of employment, evaluation of the performance 
                        of, promotion or disciplining of any such 
                        individual, unless all such individuals whose 
                        rights could be adversely affected request in 
                        writing that the matter or matters be discussed 
                        at a public meeting.
                    ``(B) Additional application.--In addition to the 
                information described in subparagraph (B), the 
                information described in section 552b(c) shall apply to 
                Amtrak meetings.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.
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