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83 Stat. 864. 5 USC 5312 note. 84 Stat. 1332.

24 Stat 387. 49 USC 22

Freedom of information. 81 Stat. 54.

PUBLIC LAW 92-316-JUNE 22, 1972

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Passenger Corporation on the date of enactment of this Act shall have his rate of compensation as such officer reduced solely by reason of the enactment of the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section: Provided, however, That compensation to any officer of the Corporation in excess of level I of the P^xecutive Schedule, shall be paid only from net profits of the Corporation. SEC. 2. Section 305 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 r. S. C. 545) is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)"" immediately before the first sentence thereof; (2) by inserting immediately after the second sentence thereof the following: "Insofar as practicable, the Corporation shall directly operate and control all aspects of its rail passenger service."; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) The Corporation shall take such actions as may be necessary to increase its revenues from the carriage of mail and express. The (Corporation is authorized and directed to acquire the equipment or modify existing equipment for the efficient carriage of mail and express. Upon request by the Corporation, Federal departments and agencies shall, consistent with the provisions of existing law, provide such assistance as may be necessary in carrying out the purposes of this subsection.". SEC. 3. (a) Section 306(a) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 546(a)) is amended by striking out "all provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "all provisions, including the provisions of section 22(1), of the Interstate Commerce Act. (b) Section 306 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 546) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: " (f) All departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal (xovernment shall, in authorizing travel in the continental United States for their employees or for members of the Armed Forces or commissioned services, treat travel by train (whether or not extra fare trains) on the same basis as travel by other authorized modes. " (g) The Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code.". SEC. 4. Section 308 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 548) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 308. REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.

" (a)(1) Not later than the eightieth day following the end of each calendar month, the Corporation shall transmit to the Congress and release to the public the following information applicable to its operations for such calendar month: " (A) Total itemized revenues and expenses. " (B) Revenues and expenses of each train operated. " (C) Revenues and total expenses attributable to each railroad over which service is provided. " (2) Not later than the fifteenth day following the end of each calendar month, the Corporation shall transmit to the Congress and release to the public the following information applicable to its operations for

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