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 PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986

100 STAT. 109

(b) EXTENSION.—Section 704(f) of such Act (45 U.S.C. 797c(f)) is amended by striking out "4-year" and inserting in lieu thereof "6year". (c) EXEMPTION.—The provisions of section 703 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 797b), section 8 of the Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act (45 U.S.C. 907), and section 105 of the Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act (45 U.S.C. 1004) shall not apply to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the hiring of qualified train and engine employees who hold seniority rights to work in intercity rail passenger service in connection with the assumption by such Corporation of functions previously performed under contract by other carriers. (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by subsections (a) and (c) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and the amendment made by subsection (b) shall be effective as of August 1, 1985.

45 USC 797b note.

45 USC 797c ^°^^-

SEC. 4012. TRANSPORTATION OF USED UNOCCUPIED VEHICLES.

Section 103(3) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 502(3)) is amended by inserting ", and, when space is available, of used unoccupied vehicles" after "and their occupants". SEC. 4013. AMTRAK CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP.

Section 306(m) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 546(m)) is amended by inserting "only" immediately after "citizen". SEC. 4014. ROUTE AND SERVICE CRITERIA.

(a) ROUTE AND SERVICE CRITERIA AMENDMENTS.—The Rail Passenger Service Act is amended— (1) in section 403(d) (45 U.S.C. 563(d))— (A) by striking out "criteria set forth in section 404(d)(2)(B)" and inserting in lieu thereof "criterion set forth in section 404(d)(2)"; and Post, p. no. (B) by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following: "Beginning October 1, 1986, if such service is not projected to meet such criterion, the Corporation may discontinue, modify, or adjust such service so that the applicable criterion will be met."; (2) in section 404(c)(3)(B) (45 U.S.C. 564(c)(3)(B))— (A) by striking out "60" and inserting in lieu thereof "120"; (B) by striking out "either the Senate" and all that Congress, follows through "that it does" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Senate and the House of Representatives adopt a joint resolution during such period stating that they do"; and (C) by adding at the end thereof the following: "For purposes of this subparagraph, continuity of session of the Congress is broken only by an adjournment sine die and the days on which either House is not in session because of adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of such 120-day period."; (3) by amending section 404(c)(4)(B) (45 U.S.C. 564(c)(4)(B)) to read as follows: "(B) The Corporation shall conduct an annual review of each route in the basic system to determine if such route is projected to meet the criterion appropriate to such route set forth in subsection (d), as adjusted to reflect constant 1979 dollars. If the Corporation deter-

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