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B-319414 1 (2010-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbib0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I , Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-319414 June 9, 2010 The Honorable Roger F. Wicker United States Senate Subject: Amtrak-Pemanence of the 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act Provision on Firearm Storage and Carriage on Trains Dear Senator Wicker: This is in response to your letter of February 22, 2010, requesting our opinion regarding whether a provision in the 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act pertaining to Amtrak is permanent law or expires at the end of the fiscal year. The provision requires Amtrak to (1) evaluate and report on the security issues surrounding the implementation of a checked firearms program, and (2) develop and implement guidance and procedures to carry out the duties and responsibilities of firearm storage and carriage in checked baggage cars and at Amtrak stations that accept checked baggage. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that this provision is permanent law. Our practice when issuing opinions is to obtain the views of the relevant office to establish the office's legal position on the subject matter of the request. GAO, Procedures and Practices for Legal Decisions and Opinions, GAO-06-1064SP (Washington, D.C.: Sept. 2006), available atwww.gao.gov/legal/resources.html. In this regard, we requested the legal views of the Amtrak General Counsel. Letter from Assistant General Counsel for Appropriations Law, GAO, to Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Amtrak, Mar. 26, 2010. The General Counsel provided a response stating Amtrak's position on the permanence of section 159. Letter from Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Amtrak, to Assistant General Counsel, GAO, Apr. 19, 2010 (General Counsel Letter). BACKGROUND During the deliberations on the appropriations legislation for fiscal year 2010 (H.R. 3288, 111 Cong. (2009)), you introduced amendment number 2366 that would

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