AMTRAK Act

Bill: 116-hr-4562
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2019-09-27
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development

Marketing and advertising

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

Railroads

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Allowing More Transparency in Reviewing Advertising Construction Act or the AMTRAK Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the exemption of certain state and local requirements applied to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in making improvements to exclude the construction or display of advertisements.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4562 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 27, 2019 Mr. Espaillat introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the exemption of certain legal requirements applied to Amtrak in making improvements to exclude the construction of advertisements.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Allowing More Transparency in Reviewing Advertising Construction Act or the AMTRAK Act . 2. Limitation on exemption for Amtrak from certain legal requirements Section 24902(j) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Limitation on exemptions Subsection (j) shall not apply to an improvement activity carried out for the purpose of construction or display of an advertisement. .