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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 675

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

SEC. 1149. Section 203 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 713) is amended to read as follows: "ACCESS TO INFORMATION

"SEC. 203. The Corporation shall make available to the Association such information as the Association determines necessary for the Association to carry out its functions under this Act. The Association shall request from other parties which are affected by this Act information which will enable the Association to fulfill its functions under this Act.", UNITED STATES RAILWAY ASSOCIATION REPORTS

SEC. 1150. (a) Title II of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended by this subtitle, is amended further by adding at Ante, p. 652. the end thereof the following new sections: " UNITED STATES R A I L W A Y ASSOCIATION REPORTS

218. (a) PROGRESS AND EVALUATION.—(1) The Association 45 USC 728. shall prepare and submit to Congress periodic reports on the progress of the Secretary in carrying out the provisions of titles II, III, and IV of this Act 45 USC 711, "(2) Reports submitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall 741. also include an evaluation of the performance of the Corporation in Ante, p. 654. order to keep the Congress informed as to matters which may affect the quality of rail service in the Northeast and which may affect the security of Federal funds invested in the Corporation. "(b) TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.—(1) The Association shall prepare and submit to Congress a final report on the transfer agreements which the Secretary is required to transmit to Congress under section 407 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973. Such report shall Ante, p. 658. be submitted on the same date as the Secretary's transmittal of such agreements to Congress. "(2) The report submitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include an evaluation of the effect of the transfer agreements on rail service in the Northeast, railroad employees, the economy of the Region, other railroads in the Northeast and elsewhere, and any other matter which the Association considers appropriate. Such report shall also include recommendations with respect to approval, disapproval, or modification of the transfer agreements. "SEC.

"ADVISORY BOARD

"SEC. 219. Members of the Board of Directors of the Association 45 USC 729. serving on the day before the effective date of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, shall serve as an Advisory Board to the Associ- Ante, p. 643. ation. A member of the Advisory Board who is not otherwise an employee of the Federal Government shall receive reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties. The Chairman of the Association shall serve as Chairman of the Advisory Board. Any vacancy on the Advisory Board shall be filled by the Association with a representative from the group which had a representative in the vacant position.".

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