2012 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle V - RAIL PROGRAMS (§§ 20101 - 28505)
Part C - PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION (§§ 24101 - 24910)
Chapter 247 - AMTRAK ROUTE SYSTEM (§§ 24701 - 24711)
Section 24710 - Long-distance routes
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE V - RAIL PROGRAMS PART C - PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER 247 - AMTRAK ROUTE SYSTEM Sec. 24710 - Long-distance routes |
Contains | section 24710 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 110-432, div. B, title II, §210(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4918. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 122 Stat. 4918 |
Public Law References | Public Law 110-432 |
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(a)
(1) evaluate annually the financial and operating performance of each long-distance passenger rail route operated by Amtrak; and
(2) rank the overall performance of such routes for 2008 and identify each long-distance passenger rail route operated by Amtrak in 2008 according to its overall performance as belonging to the best performing third of such routes, the second best performing third of such routes, or the worst performing third of such routes.
(b)
(1) on-time performance;
(2) scheduling, frequency, routes, and stops;
(3) the feasibility of restructuring service into connected corridor service;
(4) performance-related equipment changes and capital improvements;
(5) on-board amenities and service, including food, first class, and sleeping car service;
(6) State or other non-Federal financial contributions;
(7) improving financial performance;
(8) anticipated Federal funding of operating and capital costs; and
(9) other aspects of Amtrak's long-distance passenger rail routes that affect the financial, competitive, and functional performance of service on Amtrak's long-distance passenger rail routes.
(c)
(1) beginning in fiscal year 2010 for those routes identified as being in the worst performing third under subsection (a)(2);
(2) beginning in fiscal year 2011 for those routes identified as being in the second best performing third under subsection (a)(2); and
(3) beginning in fiscal year 2012 for those routes identified as being in the best performing third under subsection (a)(2).
(d)
(1) shall notify Amtrak, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of its determination under this subsection;
(2) shall provide Amtrak with an opportunity for a hearing with respect to that determination; and
(3) may withhold appropriated funds otherwise available to Amtrak for the operation of a route or routes from among the worst performing third of routes currently served by Amtrak on which Amtrak is not making reasonable progress, other than funds made available for passenger safety or security measures.
(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title II, §210(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4918.)
References in TextSection 207 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is section 207 of Pub. L. 110–432, which is set out in a note under section 24101 of this title.
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