,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,cohen introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 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       
,amtrak1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,train ,furtherance of ,outstanding 
,onboard ,dining ,act or the ,train     
,,food ,act4  #b4 ,oversight of         
implementation by ,amtrak of            
recommendations of ,amtrak ,food and    
,beverage ,working ,group  7a7 ,annual  
,amtrak report ,section #bdcba of title 
#di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 by redesignating subsection 7d7 as

 subsection 7f72 and  7#b7 by inserting 
after subsection 7c7 the following new  
subsections3  7d7 ,implementation       
advisory committee  7#a7 ,establishment 
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of the ,train ,furtherance 
of ,outstanding ,onboard ,dining ,act1  
,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 7b74    
7#b7 ,membership ,the advisory committee
 shall consist of individuals           
representing-- 7,a7 ,amtrak2  7,b7 the  
labor organizations representing ,amtrak
 employees who prepare or provide       
on-board food and beverage service2     
7,c7 nonprofit organizations            
representing ,amtrak passengers2 and    
7,d7 ,states that are providing funding 
for ,state-supported routes4  7#c7      
,termination ,the advisory committee    
shall terminate on the date on which    
,amtrak submits the final report        

required under subsection 7e77#a74  7e7 
,annual implementation status report    
7#a7 ,annual report ,not later than #a  
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 7b7 are implemented by 
,amtrak or determined by ,amtrak to be  
impractical or impossible to implement1 
,amtrak shall-- 7,a7 submit to the      
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 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      
recommendation2 and  7,b7 make the      
report available on a publicly          
accessible website of ,amtrak4  7#b7    
,report contents ,each report under     
paragraph 7#a7 shall include-- 7,a7 a   
description of the progress made by     
,amtrak in implementing each            

recommendation contained in the report  
under subsection 7b72  7,b7             
identification of each such             
recommendation for which implementation 
is complete2  7,c7 identification of    
each such recommendation that ,amtrak   
determines to be impractical or         
impossible to implement2  7,d7 for each 
recommendation identified under         
subparagraph 7,c7-- 7i7 the             
justification for the determination that
 the recommendation is impractical or   
impossible to implement2 and  7ii7 if   
the justification is all1 or in part1   
attributable to insufficient funding1 an
 estimated cost of implementing the     
recommendation2  7,e7 a description of  
how1 if at all1 food and beverage       
service of ,amtrak has changed-- 7i7 if 
in the initial report1 since the date of
 enactment of the ,train ,furtherance of
 ,outstanding ,onboard ,dining ,act2 and
  7ii7 if in a subsequent report1 since 
the date on which the previous report   
was finalized2 and  7,f7 comments       

submitted by the advisory committee to  
,amtrak regarding the information       
included under subparagraphs 7,a7       
through 7,e74  4  7b7 ,,gao report ,not 
later than #b years after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall  
submit to the ,committee on ,commerce1  
,science1 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   
#bdcba7;b7 of title #di1 ,united ,states
 ,code4