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 12 2 STA T .49 1 3PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 432 —O CT. 1 6, 200 8(B)includeth e r e po rt de s cri b ed in subp a ra g raph ( A ) inA m tra k’ s annual report and ( C ) post such report on Amtrak’s w ebsite . (b) VERIF I CAT I ON OF SYS TE M R E P ORT. —T he I nspector G eneral o f the D epartment of Transportation shall re v iew the accounting s y stem designed and implemented under subsection (a) to ensure that it accomplishes the purposes for which it is intended. The Inspector General shall report his or her findings and conclusions , together with any recommendations, to the Committee on Transpor - tation and Infrastructure of the H ouse of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. (c) CATE G ORI Z ATION OF RE V EN U ES AN DEX PENSES.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Amtrak Board of Directors shall separately categori z e assigned revenues and attributable e x penses by type of service, including long-distance routes, State-sponsored routes, commuter contract routes, and N ortheast Corridor routes. SEC.204 . D E V E LOPM E NT O F5-Y E AR F I NANCIAL PLAN. (a) DEVE L OPMENT OF 5 - Y EAR F INANCIAL P LAN.—The Amtrak Board of Directors shall submit an annual budget and business plan for Amtrak, and a 5-year financial plan for the fiscal year to which that budget and business plan relate and the subse q uent 4 years, prepared in accordance with this section, to the Secretary and the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation no later than— ( 1 ) the first day of each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act; or ( 2 ) the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of an appropriations Act for the fiscal year, if later. (b) CONTENTS OF 5-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN.—The 5-year financial plan for Amtrak shall include, at a minimum— (1) all pro j ected revenues and expenditures for Amtrak, including governmental funding sources; (2) projected ridership levels for all Amtrak passenger oper- ations; ( 3 ) revenue and expenditure forecasts for non-passenger operations; (4) capital funding requirements and expenditures nec- essary to maintain passenger service in order to accommodate predicted ridership levels and predicted sources of capital funding; (5) operational funding needs, if any, to maintain current and projected levels of passenger service, including State-sup- ported routes and predicted funding sources; (6) projected capital and operating requirements, ridership, and revenue for any new passenger service operations or service expansions; ( 7 ) an assessment of the continuing financial stability of Amtrak, as indicated by factors such as anticipated Federal funding of capital and operating costs, Amtrak’s ability to effi- ciently recruit, retain, and manage its workforce, and Amtrak’s ability to effectively provide passenger rail service; ( 8 ) estimates of long-term and short-term debt and associ- ated principal and interest payments (both current and antici- pated); ( 9 ) annual cash flow forecasts; Deadlin e .49USC2 4 10 1 n ot e. W e bs ite.

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