HR 1788 · 104th Congress · Transportation and Public Works
Amtrak Reform and Privatization Act of 1995
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255.(1995-12-04)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Procurement Reforms Title II: Operational Reforms Title III: Employee Protection Reforms Title IV: Use of Railroad Facilities Title V: Financial Reforms Title VI: Miscellaneous Title VII: Authorization of Appropriations AMTRAK Reform and Privatization Act of 1995 - Title I: Procurement Reforms - Amends Federal transportation law to revise provisions regarding the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) to authorize AMTRAK, in order to realize demonstrable economic benefits, to contract out work normally performed by an employee of a bargaining unit covered by a contract between a labor organization and AMTRAK or a rail carrier that provided intercity rail passenger transportation on October 30, 1970. (Currently, AMTRAK may not contract out such work if it results in the layoff of a bargaining unit employee.) (Sec. 102) Prohibits AMTRAK from submitting a bid for the performance of services under a contract for an amount less than the cost to it of performing such services (below-cost competition) with respect to any activity, except the provision of intercity rail passenger transportation, commuter rail passenger transportation, or mail or expres…
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