,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #ba1       
#bjbe,mrs4 ,fischer introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to improve the            
transparency of ,amtrak operations1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,amtrak  
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,board of      
,directors meetings ,section #bdcjb of  
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#f71 by
 striking in an open meeting2 and  7#b7 
by amending subsection 7e7 to read as   
follows3  7e7 ,meetings  7#a7 ,quorum ,a
 majority of the members serving on the 
,board who are eligible to vote shall   
constitute a quorum for doing business4 
7#b7 ,notice2 open meetings  7,a7       
,notice ,not later than #cj days before 
convening any meeting of the ,board1 the
 ,board shall post1 on a publicly       

accessible website1 an announcement of  
the meeting that includes the           
anticipated agenda for the meeting4     
7,b7 ,open meetings ,all meetings of the
 ,board shall comply with the           
requirements set forth in section #eeb;b
 of title #e4  7#c7 ,annual meeting with
 ,states ,not less frequently than      
annually1 the ,board shall convene a    
meeting to which the head of the        
,department of ,transportation of each  
,state traversed by a long-distance     
route or ,state-supported route1 or the 
designee of such ,state official1 shall 
be invited to participate4  4  #c4      
,discretionary bonus disclosure         
requirement ,section #bdcjc7;b7 of title
 #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
by striking ,the preceding sentence and 
inserting ,amtrak shall publicly        
disclose the amount of each             
discretionary bonus paid to any officer 
or non-bargaining unit employee4 ,the #b
 preceding sentences4  #d4 ,disclosure  
of vendor agreements ,section #bdcae7;h7

 of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following3 ,upon request1 ,amtrak shall 
disclose to a ,state or the             
,state-,amtrak ,intercity ,passenger    
,rail ,committee1 any vendor agreement  
valued at not less than #bej1jjj for    
services procured to implement a service
 on a ,state-supported route44