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Calendar No. 769
91sT CONGREsS SENATE REPORT
2d Se8sion No. 91-765
RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE ACT OF 1970
APRIL 9, 1970-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HARTKE, from the Committee on Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
INDIVIDUAL VIEWS AND MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany S. 3706]
The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the bill (S. 3706)
to provide financial assistance for and establishment of a national rail
passenger system, to provide for the modernization of railroad pas-
senger equipment, to authorize the prescribing of minimum standards
for railroad passenger service, to amend section 13(a) of the Interstate
Commerce Act, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE AND NEED
The purposes declared in this bill are to provide financial assistance
for and establishment of a national rail passenger system, to provide
for the modernization of railroad passenger equipment, to authorize
the prescribing of minimum standards for railroad passenger service,
to amend section 13(a) of the Interstate Commerce Act, and for other
purposes.
The Senate Committee on Commerce in reporting this legislation
has determined that railroad passenger service is an essential mode
of transportation, that the passenger train is in imminent danger of
disappearing, and that, therefore, the Federal Government must take
immediate action to preserve and upgrade passenger travel by railroad.
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