119-hr265

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 265 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 265

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to require Amtrak to submit to 
Congress an annual report with respect to the implementation of certain 
 recommendations of the Amtrak Food and Beverage Working Group for 
 improving the food and beverage service of Amtrak, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 9, 2025

 Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to require Amtrak to submit to 
Congress an annual report with respect to the implementation of certain 
 recommendations of the Amtrak Food and Beverage Working Group for 
 improving the food and beverage service of Amtrak, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Train Furtherance of Outstanding 
Onboard Dining Act'' or the ``Train FOOD Act''.

SEC. 2. OVERSIGHT OF IMPLEMENTATION BY AMTRAK OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF 
 AMTRAK FOOD AND BEVERAGE WORKING GROUP.

    (a) Annual Amtrak Report.--

Section 24321 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsection
            (d) as subsection

    (f) ; and

    (2) by inserting after subsection
            (c) the following new 
 subsections:
 ``
            (d) Implementation Advisory Committee.--
 ``

    (1) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
 of enactment of the Train Furtherance of Outstanding Onboard 
 Dining Act, Amtrak shall establish an advisory committee to 
 provide internal review with respect to the implementation by 
 Amtrak of the recommendations contained in the report under 
 subsection

    (b) .
 ``

    (2) Membership.--The advisory committee shall consist of 
 individuals representing--
 ``
        (A) Amtrak;
 ``
        (B) the labor organizations representing Amtrak 
 employees who prepare or provide on-board food and 
 beverage service;
 ``
            (C) nonprofit organizations representing Amtrak 
 passengers; and
 ``
            (D) States that are providing funding for State-
 supported routes.
 ``

    (3) Termination.--The advisory committee shall terminate 
 on the date on which Amtrak submits the final report required 
 under subsection

    (e)

    (1) .
 ``

    (e) Annual Implementation Status Report.--
 ``

    (1) Annual report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
 of enactment of the Train Furtherance of Outstanding Onboard 
 Dining Act and annually thereafter until such time as all 
 recommendations contained in the report under subsection

    (b) are implemented by Amtrak or determined by Amtrak to be 
 impractical or impossible to implement, Amtrak shall--
 ``
        (A) submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
 and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
 Representatives a report on the status of the 
 implementation of each such recommendation; and
 ``
        (B) make the report available on a publicly 
 accessible website of Amtrak.
 ``

    (2) Report contents.--Each report under paragraph

    (1) shall include--
 ``
        (A) a description of the progress made by Amtrak 
 in implementing each recommendation contained in the 
 report under subsection

    (b) ;
 ``
        (B) identification of each such recommendation 
 for which implementation is complete;
 ``
            (C) identification of each such recommendation 
 that Amtrak determines to be impractical or impossible 
 to implement;
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            (D) for each recommendation identified under 
 subparagraph
            (C) --
 ``
            (i) the justification for the 
 determination that the recommendation is 
 impractical or impossible to implement; and
 ``
            (ii) if the justification is all, or in 
 part, attributable to insufficient funding, an 
 estimated cost of implementing the 
 recommendation;
 ``
        (E) a description of how, if at all, food and 
 beverage service of Amtrak has changed--
 ``
            (i) if in the initial report, since the 
 date of enactment of the Train Furtherance of 
 Outstanding Onboard Dining Act; and
 ``
            (ii) if in a subsequent report, since the 
 date on which the previous report was 
 finalized; and
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        (F) comments submitted by the advisory committee 
 to Amtrak regarding the information included under 
 subparagraphs
        (A) through
        (E) .''.

    (b) GAO Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report describing the progress made by Amtrak in 
implementing each recommendation contained in the report under 

section 24321

    (b) of title 49, United States Code.
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