[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5377 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5377

To require Amtrak to discontinue passenger rail service on certain long 
                distance routes that operate at a loss.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2010

 Mr. Sessions introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require Amtrak to discontinue passenger rail service on certain long 
                distance routes that operate at a loss.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE.

    Section 24706 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Discontinuance for Revenue Loss.--Amtrak shall discontinue 
service on any long distance route with respect to which total direct 
costs are more than twice as great as total revenues for the first full 
fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
subsection.''.
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