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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35~AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 697

and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon, and by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: "(C) modification or adjustment of service under paragraph (4)(B) of this subsection, and discontinuance, modification, or adjustment under paragraph (4)(D) of this subsection.", (d) Section 404(e) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 564(e)) is repealed. (e) Section 403(d) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 563(d)) is amended to read as follows: "(d) Beginning October 1, 1981, the Corporation shall continue to operate rail passenger service operated under this subsection prior to the effective date of the Amtrak Improvement Act of 1981 if such service meets the criteria set forth in section 404(d)(2)(B) of this Act, after taking into account projected fare increases and any State or local contributions to such service. Any service continued under this subsection shall be funded in accordance with the method of funding in effect on the day prior to the effective date of the Amtrak Improvement Act of 1981.". Ante, p. 687. EXTENSION OF COMPENSATION FOR PASS RIDERS

SEC. 1184. The third sentence of section 405(f) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 565) is amended by striking out ", during the 2-year period beginning on the effective date of the Amtrak Reorganization Act of 1979,". 45 USC 501 note. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 1185. (a) Section 601(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 601(b)) is amended— (1) by striking out paragraph (3); and (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: "(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the benefit of the Corporation— "(A) not to exceed $735,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, of which not more than $24,000,000 shall be used for the payment of operating and capital expenses of rail passenger service provided pursuant to section 403(b) of this Act; and "(B) not to exceed $788,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, of which not more than $26,000,000 shall be used for the payment of operating and capital expenses of rail passenger service provided pursuant to section 403(b) of this Act."; (3) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by striking out "(A)" and by striking out ", and (B) guidelines established by the Secretary"; and (4) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(4) Of the amounts appropriated under this subsection for fiscal year 1982, the Corporation may not spend for on-board food and beverage services an amount greater than 50 percent of the amount by which the costs of such services in fiscal year 1981 exceeded the revenues from such services in such fiscal year.". (b) Section 601(b)(l) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 601(b)(l)) is amended by striking out subparagraphs (B) through (E).

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