Sec. 22210. PROTECTING AMTRAK ROUTES THROUGH RURAL COMMUNITIES

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## SEC. 22210 PROTECTING AMTRAK ROUTES THROUGH RURAL COMMUNITIES Section 24706 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)in subsection (a), by striking “subsection

(b)of this section, at least 180 days” and inserting “subsection (c), not later than 180 days”; ####

(2)by redesignating subsections

(b)and

(c)as subsections

(c)and (e), respectively; ####

(3)by inserting after subsection

(a)the following: > > ### “(b) Discontinuance or Substantial Alteration of Long-distance Routes > > Except as provided in subsection (c), in an emergency, or during maintenance or construction outages impacting Amtrak routes, Amtrak may not discontinue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail service on any segment of any long-distance route in any fiscal year in which Amtrak receives adequate Federal funding for such route on the National Network.” > ; and ####

(4)by inserting after subsection (c), as redesignated, the following: > > ### “(d) Congressional Notification of Discontinuance > > Except as provided in subsection (c), not later than 210 days before discontinuing service over a route, Amtrak shall give written notice of such discontinuance to all of the members of Congress representing any State or district in which the discontinuance would occur.” > .