Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 para-
graph (3), section 552 of title 5 and the open meetings 
requirements of section 552b of such title, this part’’; 
(2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘Section 
552 of title 5, United States Code, applies’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(2) TIMING OF APPLICATION.—Except as pro-
vided 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 
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552b of title 5 shall not apply to any informa-
tion 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 disclo-
sure of such information is likely to involve— 
‘‘(i) contract negotiations, including 
negotiations for procurements and agree-
ments that may result in a contract, the 
disclosure of which would imperil or com-
promise the competitive position of Amtrak; 
‘‘(ii) collective bargaining agreements 
or any terms and conditions that are pro-
posed for inclusion in any collective bar-
gaining agreement, including the negotia-
tion of terms and conditions with employees 
or representatives of employees of Amtrak; 
‘‘(iii) with respect to any individual 
who is a prospective officer, employee, or 
contractor or an officer, employee, or con-
tractor employed or appointed by Amtrak, 
matters involving the employment, appoint-
ment, termination of employment, terms 
and conditions of employment, evaluation of 
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the performance of, promotion or dis-
ciplining of any such individual, unless all 
such individuals whose rights could be ad-
versely affected request in writing that the 
matter or matters be discussed at a public 
meeting; or 
‘‘(iv) confidential commercial informa-
tion. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL APPLICATION.—In addi-
tion to the information described in subpara-
graph (B), the information described in section 
552b(c) shall apply to Amtrak meetings. 
‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to— 
‘‘(A) require Amtrak to disclose information 
that could put the safety of Amtrak customers or 
employees at risk; or 
‘‘(B) prevent Amtrak from taking any ac-
tion otherwise necessary to— 
‘‘(i) comply with law; 
‘‘(ii) honor existing contracts or legally 
binding agreements; or 
‘‘(iii) carry out normal business activi-
ties consistent with the statutory mission 
and goals of Amtrak.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 113 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 188 
[Report No. 119–144] 
A BILL 
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. 
JUNE 6, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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