[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1651-1652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-550]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Amtrak Reform Council; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Amtrak Reform Council, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of a Special Business Meeting and Press Conference 
regarding the Annual Report.

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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 business meeting of the Council, following the business 
meeting there will be a press conference. At its business meeting the 
Council will release the Annual Report due to Congress in January 2000 
and discuss the work program as well as its schedule of meetings and 
events for the year 2000. The meeting will also consider matters raised 
by individual Council members.

DATES: The business meeting and press conference is scheduled for 
Monday, January 24, 2000. The business meeting will be from 9:00 a.m. 
to 11:00 a.m. and the press conference will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 
noon. Both events are opened to the public.

ADDRESSES: The business meeting and press conference will held in the 
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW, 
Washington, DC 20001, located in the Lexington/Bunker Hill room, 
telephone (202) 737-1234. 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, S.W., Washington, DC 
20590, or by telephone at (202) 366-0591; FAX: 202-493-2061.


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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 consists 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, January 5, 2000.
Thomas A. Till,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 00-550 Filed 1-10-00; 8:45 am]
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