§24321 Food and Beverage Service

Summary

Amtrak must create a working group within 180 days after the Passenger Rail Expansion and Rail Safety Act of 2021. The group must include people from Amtrak, the unions for onboard food staff, nonprofit passenger groups, and States that fund State‑supported routes. Within 1 year the group must report to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee with recommendations on onboard food and drink — covering finances, ways to attract and keep riders, the different needs of long‑distance, State‑supported, and Northeast Corridor routes, passenger survey results, ideas for local items on State routes, and other relevant topics. Within 180 days after that report, Amtrak must give those committees a plan to implement the recommendations and explain any it will not follow. Amtrak must not involuntarily remove employees who worked on long‑distance or Northeast Corridor routes on the law’s enactment date because of making or carrying out the plan.