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Union Calendar No. 152 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1630 

[Report No. 109–280] 

To authorize appropriations for the benefit of Amtrak for fiscal years 2006 

through 2008, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2005 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. LATOURETTE, and 

Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

NOVEMBER 8, 2005 

Additional sponsors: Ms. NORTON, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Mr. WEINER, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. CHANDLER, Ms. CARSON, Mr. KUHL of New York, 

Mr. PLATTS, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. WELLER, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. NEY, Mr. 

MCHUGH, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, 

Mr. RAHALL, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. REYES, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 

RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 

DEFAZIO, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LEWIS

of Georgia, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MATSUI, Ms. BERKLEY, 

Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. BACA, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. 

RANGEL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. EVANS, Mr. DOYLE, 

Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, 

Ms. BEAN, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. 

MCINTYRE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. MICHAUD, 

Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan, Mr. FILNER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. KING of New 

York, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, and Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California 
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NOVEMBER 8, 2005 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for the benefit of Amtrak for 

fiscal years 2006 through 2008, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Amtrak Reauthoriza5 tion Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Section 24104 of title 49, United States Code, is 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘§ 24104. Authorization of appropriations 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap11 propriated to the Secretary of Transportation 

12 $2,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 

13 2008, for the benefit of Amtrak for capital expenditures 

14 under chapters 243, 247, and 249 of this title, operating 

15 expenses, and payments described in subsection (b). 

16 ‘‘(b) MANDATORY PAYMENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds authorized under 

18 subsection (a) shall include— 
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1 ‘‘(A) an amount equal to the amount Am2 trak is required to pay under section 3221 of 

3 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

4 3221) that is more than the amount needed for 

5 anticipated benefits for individuals who retire 

6 from Amtrak and for their beneficiaries; and 

7 ‘‘(B) amounts necessary to pay— 

8 ‘‘(i) obligations of Amtrak under sec9 tion 8(a) of the Railroad Unemployment 

10 Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 358(a)) due in 

11 those fiscal years that are more than obli12 gations of Amtrak calculated on an experi13 ence-related basis; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) obligations of Amtrak due under 

15 section 3321 of the Internal Revenue Code 

16 of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3321). 

17 ‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 

18 The Secretary shall make payments to the Treasury 

19 of amounts authorized under paragraph (1) only 

20 after the Secretary has received from Amtrak a re21 quest for the transfer of such funds, which shall in22 clude materials supporting, to the satisfaction of the 

23 Secretary, the amount of the request. 

24 ‘‘(c) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.—From amounts 

25 appropriated pursuant to this section, the Secretary and 
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1 the Amtrak Board of Directors shall ensure that sufficient 

2 funds are reserved to satisfy Amtrak’s contractual obliga3 tions for commuter and State-supported passenger rail 

4 service. 

5 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL BUSINESS PLAN AND SUPPLEMENTAL

6 REPORTS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) BUSINESS PLAN.—Not later than Sep8 tember 15 of each of 2005, 2006, and 2007, Amtrak 

9 shall transmit to the Secretary and the Congress a 

10 comprehensive business plan for the subsequent fis11 cal year, including, as applicable, targets for rider12 ship, revenues, and capital and operating expenses. 

13 The plan shall include the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) A separate accounting of such targets 

15 for each of the following: 

16 ‘‘(i) Northeast Corridor. 

17 ‘‘(ii) Commuter service. 

18 ‘‘(iii) Long-distance Amtrak service. 

19 ‘‘(iv) State-supported service. 

20 ‘‘(v) Commercial activities (including 

21 contract operations and mail and express). 

22 The plan shall also include targets for each 

23 intercity train route, including Autotrain. 

24 ‘‘(B) With respect to capital projects, a de25 scription of the work to be funded, a work time-
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1 table, cost estimates, and a list of other funding 

2 sources if the project is not entirely funded by 

3 the Federal Government. 

4 ‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS.—Not later 

5 than October 1, 2005, and once each alternate 

6 month thereafter, Amtrak shall transmit to the Sec7 retary and the Congress a supplemental report re8 garding the business plan transmitted under para9 graph (1), which shall describe the work completed 

10 to date, any changes to the business plan, and the 

11 reasons for such changes. 

12 ‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AND EARLY APPRO13 PRIATIONS.—(1) Amounts appropriated under this section 

14 remain available until expended. 

15 ‘‘(2) Amounts for capital acquisitions and improve16 ments may be appropriated in a fiscal year before the fis17 cal year in which the amounts will be obligated. 

18 ‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS ON USE.—Amounts appropriated 

19 under this section may not be used to subsidize operating 

20 losses of commuter rail passenger or rail freight transpor21 tation.’’. 
Union Calendar No. 152 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1630 

[Report No. 109–280] 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for the benefit of Amother purposes. trak for fiscal years 2006 through 2008, and for 

NOVEMBER 8, 2005 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed