I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3362 
To limit the manner in which Amtrak is authorized to provide food and 
beverage service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 3, 2011 
Mrs. SCHMIDT (for herself, Mr. COBLE, and Mr. BUCSHON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To limit the manner in which Amtrak is authorized to 
provide food and beverage service. 
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 Food and Bev-
erage Service Savings Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMTRAK FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 24305(c)(4) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘only if reve-
nues from the services each year at least equal the cost 
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of providing the services’’ and inserting ‘‘only as provided 
in subsection (g)’’. 
(b) PROCEDURES.—Section 24305 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (6), food and beverage service may be pro-
vided on Amtrak trains only by a bidder selected by 
the Federal Railroad Administration under para-
graph (5). The Federal Railroad Administration may 
consult with and obtain assistance from the General 
Services Administration in carrying out this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) REQUESTS
FOR
PROPOSALS.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Federal Railroad Administration 
shall issue separate requests for proposals for provi-
sion of food and beverage service on Amtrak trains 
on— 
‘‘(A) the Northeast Corridor; 
‘‘(B) other long-haul routes; and 
‘‘(C) State-run routes. 
‘‘(3) DEADLINES.— 
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‘‘(A) SUBMITTAL OF BIDS.—Bids for the 
provision of food and beverage service on Am-
trak trains pursuant to the requests for pro-
posals issued under paragraph (2) shall be sub-
mitted to the Federal Railroad Administration 
not later than 60 days after the issuance of the 
relevant request for proposals. 
‘‘(B) SELECTION OF WINNING BIDS.—The 
Federal Railroad Administration shall select 
winning bidders pursuant to paragraph (5) not 
later than 90 days after the issuance of the rel-
evant request for proposals. 
‘‘(4) AMTRAK
PARTICIPATION.—Amtrak may 
participate in the bidding pursuant to a request for 
proposals issued under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(5) SELECTION OF PROVIDERS.—The Federal 
Railroad Administration shall select for the provision 
of food and beverage service on Amtrak trains the 
qualified bidder responding to the request for pro-
posals issued under paragraph (2) whose bid would 
result in the lowest cost, or the greatest source of 
revenue, to Amtrak. 
‘‘(6) EXEMPTION.—If no qualified bidder re-
sponds to the request for proposals issued under 
paragraph (2), Amtrak, after transmitting to the 
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Federal Railroad Administration and the Congress 
an explanation of the reasons for the need of an ex-
emption, may request from the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, and the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion may grant, an exemption from the limitations 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(7) SUBSIDY
FOR
NET
LOSS.—The Federal 
Railroad Administration shall provide directly to the 
entity providing food and beverage service on Am-
trak trains any portion of appropriations for Amtrak 
necessary to cover a net loss resulting from the pro-
vision of such service, but only to the extent that 
such net loss was anticipated in the bid selected.’’. 
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