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119TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-144
AMTRAK TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
PASSENGERS AND TAXPAYERS ACT
JUNE 6, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRAVES, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 188]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 188) to require that the Amtrak Board
of Directors comply with the open meetings requirements of section
552b of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................. 2
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2
Legislative History and Consideration .................................................................. 3
C om m ittee V otes ..................................................................................................... 4
Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations .................. 4
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 4
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 5
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 8
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 8
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 8
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 8
Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 8
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 8
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 8
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 9
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 9
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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