[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5801 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5801

 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the subsidization of Amtrak 
             sleeper class service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2010

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the subsidization of Amtrak 
             sleeper class service, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. AMTRAK SLEEPER CLASS SERVICE.

    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 24317. Sleeper class service
    ``(a) Pricing.--Amtrak shall ensure that the fares charged for 
sleeper class service on all long-distance routes are priced to equal 
all of the operating costs for providing such service.
    ``(b) Discontinuance.--Amtrak shall discontinue sleeper class 
service on any long distance route with respect to which total costs of 
such service exceed total revenue for such service for the first full 
fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this section.
    ``(c) Funding Limitation.--Amtrak may not use any funds provided by 
the Federal Government to subsidize sleeper class service.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of section for such chapter 243 
is amended by adding after the item relating to section 24316 the 
following new item:

``24317. Sleeper class service.''.
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