Sec. 2201. Amtrak findings, mission, and goals
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Section 24101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking between crowded urban areas and in other areas of and inserting throughout ; in paragraph (4), by striking to Amtrak to achieve a performance level sufficient to justify expending public money and inserting in order to meet the intercity passenger rail needs of the United States ; in paragraph (5)— by inserting intercity passenger and before commuter ; and by inserting and rural after major urban; and by adding at the end the following:
Long-distance routes are valuable resources of the United States that are used by rural and urban communities. . Section 24101(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: use its best business judgment in acting to maximize the benefits of Federal investments, including— offering competitive fares; increasing revenue from the transportation of mail and express; offering food service that meets the needs of its customers; improving its contracts with rail carriers over whose tracks Amtrak operates; controlling or reducing management and operating costs; and providing economic benefits to the communities it serves; ; in paragraph (11), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: support and maintain established long-distance routes to provide value to the Nation by serving customers throughout the United States and connecting urban and rural communities. . Section 24101(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Amtrak is encouraged to make agreements with private sector entities and to undertake initiatives that are consistent with good business judgment and designed to generate additional revenues to advance the goals described in subsection (c). .