HR 265
Train FOOD Act
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Bill overview
This bill requires Amtrak to regularly report to Congress on its progress in implementing recommendations from the Amtrak Food and Beverage Working Group (FBWG) aimed at improving onboard food and beverage service. Amtrak must establish an advisory committee with representatives from Amtrak, employee unions, passenger advocacy groups, and state-supported routes. The committee will provide internal review, and Amtrak will submit annual reports detailing implementation status, including justifications for any recommendations deemed impractical or impossible to implement, along with estimated costs if funding is a factor. The Government Accountability Office will also submit a report to Congress assessing Amtrak’s overall progress.
Key provisions
- Amtrak must establish an advisory committee to review FBWG recommendations.
- The advisory committee will include representatives from Amtrak, employee unions, passenger advocacy groups, and state-supported routes.
- Amtrak must submit an annual report to Congress detailing implementation progress.
- The annual report must be publicly available on Amtrak’s website.
- Amtrak must identify recommendations deemed impractical or impossible to implement and provide justification.
- If funding is a factor, Amtrak must estimate the cost of implementing impractical recommendations.
- The Government Accountability Office will submit a report to Congress assessing Amtrak’s overall progress.
- The advisory committee will terminate upon completion of all FBWG recommendations or determination of impracticality.
Who is affected
- Amtrak
- Amtrak employees
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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 265
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require Amtrak to submit to Congress an annual report with respect to the implementation of certain recommendations of the Amtrak Food and Beverage Working Group for improving the food and beverage service of Amtrak, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Train Furtherance of Outstanding Onboard Dining Act Train FOOD Act
or the
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by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsections:
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the
Train Furtherance of Outstanding Onboard Dining Act
, Amtrak shall establish an advisory committee to provide internal review with respect to the implementation by Amtrak of the recommendations contained in the report under subsection (b).The advisory committee shall consist of individuals representing—
Amtrak;
the labor organizations representing Amtrak employees who prepare or provide on-board food and beverage service;
nonprofit organizations representing Amtrak passengers; and
States that are providing funding for State-supported routes.
Train Furtherance of Outstanding Onboard Dining Act
and annually thereafter until such time as all recommendations contained in the report under subsection (b) are implemented by Amtrak or determined by Amtrak to be impractical or impossible to implement, Amtrak shall—submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the status of the implementation of each such recommendation; and
Each report under paragraph (1) shall include—
identification of each such recommendation for which implementation is complete;
identification of each such recommendation that Amtrak determines to be impractical or impossible to implement;
for each recommendation identified under subparagraph (C)—
the justification for the determination that the recommendation is impractical or impossible to implement; and
if the justification is all, or in part, attributable to insufficient funding, an estimated cost of implementing the recommendation;
if in the initial report, since the date of enactment of the
Train Furtherance of Outstanding Onboard Dining Act
; andif in a subsequent report, since the date on which the previous report was finalized; and
comments submitted by the advisory committee to Amtrak regarding the information included under subparagraphs (A) through (E).