[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20374]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Amtrak Reform Council; Meeting

AGENCY: Amtrak Reform Council.

ACTION: Notice of Business Meeting.

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SUMMARY: As provided in section 203 of the Amtrak Reform and 
Accountability Act of 1997, the Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) gives 
notice of a business meeting of the Council. At its business meeting 
the Council will consider its FY2001 Budget Request, a review of recent 
OIG and GAO financial reports on Amtrak, and a briefing on Amtrak's 
Mail and Express Business Plan. The meeting will also consider matters 
raised by individual Council members. Portions of the meeting may be 
held in closed Executive Session if the Council is considering issues 
involving Proprietary Information.

DATES: The Council's business meeting is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11:30 
a.m. on Tuesday, August 31, 1999.


ADDRESSES: The meeting will held in the Port of Seattle Commission 
Chambers, 2711 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98121. Persons in need of 
special arrangements should contact the person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deirdre O'Sullivan, Amtrak Reform 
Council, Room 7105, JM-ARC, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20590, or by telephone at (202) 366-0591; FAX: 202-493-2061.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The ARC was created by the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 
1997 (ARAA), as an independent commission, to evaluate Amtrak's 
performance and to make recommendations to Amtrak for achieving further 
cost containment, productivity improvements, and financial reforms. In 
addition, the ARAA requires that the ARC monitor cost savings resulting 
from work rules established under new agreements between Amtrak and its 
labor unions; that the ARC provide an annual report to Congress that 
includes an assessment of Amtrak's progress on the resolution of 
productivity issues; and that after two years the ARC has the authority 
to determine whether Amtrak can meet certain financial goals specified 
under the ARAA and, if not, to notify the President and the Congress.
    The ARAA provides that the ARC consist of eleven members, including 
the Secretary of Transportation and ten others nominated by the 
President and Congressional leaders. Each member is to serve a five 
year term.

    Issued in Washington, DC, August 2, 1999.
Thomas A. Till,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-20374 Filed 8-6-99; 8:45 am]
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