AMTRAK Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4562 To amend the exemption of certain legal requirements applied to Amtrak in making improvements to exclude the construction of advertisements. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 Mr. ESPAILLAT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the exemption of certain legal requirements ap- plied to Amtrak in making improvements to exclude the construction of advertisements. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Allowing More Trans- 4 parency in Reviewing Advertising Construction Act’’ or 5 the ‘‘AMTRAK Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXEMPTION FOR AMTRAK FROM 7 CERTAIN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. 8 Section 24902(j) of title 49, United States Code, is 9 amended by adding at the end the following: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:20 Oct 03, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4562.IH H4562 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4562 IH ‘‘(k) LIMITATION ON EXEMPTIONS.—Subsection (j) 1 shall not apply to an improvement activity carried out for 2 the purpose of construction or display of an advertise- 3 ment.’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:20 Oct 03, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4562.IH H4562 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS