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 123STA T .9 3 8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11, 2 0 09 EF F IC IE N C Y INCEN T I V E GRA NT S T O T H E NATIONA L RAILROA DP ASSENGER CORPORATION ( RESCISSION )Oftheamoun t s ma d ea v a il a b le unde r this headin g in P ubli cL a w s 109– 11 5 and 110–5 , all unobligated balances as of the date of enactment of this p rovision are hereb y rescinded . AD M INISTRATIVE PROVISIONS — FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION S EC. 151. T he Secretary may purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities to accomplish the purposes of 4 9 U .S. C. 2 01 3 4
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d, That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the administration of such purchases and use. SEC. 152. H ereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds provided in this A ct for the N ational R ailroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to said Corpora - tion in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from any location outside the United States. F or purposes of this section, the word ‘ ‘services ’ ’ shall mean any service that was, as of J uly 1, 200 6, performed by a full-time or part- time Amtra k employee whose base of employment is located within the United States. SEC. 153. The Secretary of Transportation may receive and e x pend cash, or receive and utili z e spare parts and similar items, from non-United States G overnment sources to repair damages to or replace United States Government owned automated track inspection cars and e q uipment as a result of third party liability for such damages, and any amounts collected under this section shall be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain available until expended for the repair, operation and maintenance of auto- mated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with the automated track inspection program. SEC. 154. The Federal Railroad Administrator shall submit a quarterly report on April 1, 2009, and quarterly reports thereafter, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations detailing the Administrator’s efforts at improving the on-time performance of Amtrak intercity rail service operating on non-Amtrak owned property. Such reports shall compare the most recent actual on- time performance data to pre-established on-time performance goals that the Administrator shall set for each rail service, identified by route. Such reports shall also include whatever other information and data regarding the on-time performance of Amtrak trains the Administrator deems to be appropriate. The amounts made avail- able in this title under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and E xpenses’’ shall be reduced $ 100,000 for each day after the first day of each quarter that the quarterly reports required by this section are not submitted to the Congress. Fines.R e port s. D e adl ines. De f inition. Gu idelines.