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B-114829 1 (1978-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadghy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I MATTER Or: DIGEST: THE COMPTRCL.L'u PiA4 .0op TEa uNrV WASHINOlON. to .r* NUMtAL rATEU 30546 OATS: September 8, 1978 This decision to the Public Printer is in response to an inqui.-y from the General Counsel, Government Printing Office (GPO), asking whether the GPO is authorized to open an account for the Nationti Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for printing notices submitted b Amtrak pursuant to section 3(a) of the Govern- ment in the Sunshine Act, 5 U. S. C. $ 552b (1976) (Sunshine Act). Specifically, we ha':', been asked: * * * whether Amtrak is an agency or establishment of the United States Government and, therefore, whether an Amtrr k printing account can be opened at GPO for printing Sunshine Act notices, etc., in the Federal Register. Is there an implied authority to -1 - L I Printing by Government Printing Office for National Railroad Passenger Corporation 1. The National Railroad Passenger Corpora- tion (Amtrak) is an agency for purposes of the Freedom of Information. Privacy, and Sunshine Acts, notwithstanding the statement in 45 U. S. C $ 541 that Amtrak was not to be an agency or estab- blishment of the Government of the United States since it is (1) headed by a collegial body--board of of directors--the majority of whom are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and (2) a Government-controlled Corpora- tion as that term is used in 5 U. S. C. $ 552(e). Fur- thermore, legislative history of Freedom of Informa- tion and Sunshine Acts indicates congressional intent to includ Amtrak. 2. GPO is required by 44 U. S. C. $ 1504(a)(3) to publish Information in Federal Register that Amtrak is required to publish under Freedom of Information, Privacy, and Sunshine Acts. Furthermore, Amtrak may be billed for such publication in accordance with 44 U.S. C. 4 1509, as amended by Pub. L. No. 95-94, since Amtrak is an agency within the context of that provision. I DECIBION PILE: B-114829 -1 1

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