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 12 2 STA T .49 12 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 4 3 2 —O CT. 1 6, 200 8‘ ‘ (2)Notla t er t h a n60d a ys a f ter the end of ea c hf i scal year , the B oard shall s ubm itare p ort describin g all tra v el and reimburs - able business travel e x penses paid to each director w hen performing Board duties to the C ommittee on T ransportation and I nfrastruc- ture of the H ouse of R epresentatives and the Committee on Com- merce, S cience, and Transportation of the Senate . ‘‘( 3 ) The report submitted under paragraph (2) shall include a detailed j ustification for any travel or reimbursable business travel expense that deviates from A mtra k’ s travel and reimbursable business travel expense policies and guidelines. ‘‘(d) VAC A N C IES . — A vacancy on the Board is filled in the same way as the original selection, except that an individual appointed by the P resident of the U nited States under subsection (a)( 1 )(C) of this section to fill a vacancy occurring before the end of the term for which the predecessor of that individual was appointed is appointed for the remainder of that term. A vacancy re q uired to be filled by appointment under subsection (a)(1)(C) must be filled not later than 120 days after the vacancy occurs. ‘‘(e) QUOR U M .—A majority of the members serving shall con- stitute a quorum for doing business. ‘‘(f) B YL A W S.—The Board may adopt and amend bylaws gov- erning the operation of Amtrak. The bylaws shall be consistent with this part and the articles of incorporation.’’. (b) EF FEC T I V E D ATE FOR DIRECTORS’ PROVISION.—The amend- ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. The members of the Amtrak Board of Directors serving as of the date of enactment of this Act may continue to serve for the remainder of the term to which they were appointed. SEC.203 . ES TABLI S HM E N T OF IM PR O V E D FINANCIAL ACCO U NTIN G S Y STEM. (a) IN G ENERAL.—The Amtrak Board of Directors— (1) may employ an independent financial consultant with experience in railroad accounting to assist Amtrak in improving Amtrak’s financial accounting and reporting system and prac- tices (2) shall implement a modern financial accounting and reporting system not later than 3 years after the date of enact- ment of this Act; and (3) shall, not later than 9 0 days after the end of each fiscal year through fiscal year 2013— (A) submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a comprehensive report that allocates all of Amtrak’s revenues and costs to each of its routes, each of its lines of business, and each major activity within each route and line of business activity, including— (i) train operations; (ii) equipment maintenance; (iii) food service; (iv) sleeping cars; (v) ticketing; (vi) reservations; and (vii) unallocated fixed overhead costs; Reports.D e adlin es. 49USC2 4 10 1 note. Deadline. Deadline. Reports.

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