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HR 192 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Amtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure Act

In plain language: Amtrak would be required to publicly disclose the base salaries and bonuses of its top executives, including its CEO, president, and other senior officers, on its website. Each annual report would also have to explain the exact performance goals and metrics used to award those bonuses. This gives taxpayers and train riders direct access to see how executive pay is decided at the federally funded rail service.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affectedNot determinable from the text provided; the requirement directly applies to members of Amtrak's executive leadership team, but the text does not specify the exact number of individuals.
Fiscal magnitudeNot determinable from the text provided; the bill creates a reporting requirement and contains no direct appropriations, authorizations, or fee provisions.
Reach12provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Transport prioritiesEthics & oversight+25

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • General publicGains public online access to Amtrak's annual reports and detailed information about executive compensation and bonus structures.provisional

Who it burdens

  • AmtrakMust publish its annual reports on its public website and disclose the annual base salary, bonus compensation, and bonus criteria for its executive leadership team.provisional
  • Amtrak executive leadership teamHave their annual base pay, bonuses, and the specific metrics and criteria used to award those bonuses published publicly in Amtrak's annual reports.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Requires Amtrak to make its annual reports to Congress publicly available on its website.

    Sec. 2(1)provisional
  2. Requires Amtrak to disclose in its annual reports the annual base pay, bonus pay, and the criteria and metrics used to decide bonuses for its executive leadership team, including the chief executive officer and president.

    Sec. 2(2)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jan 14, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  2. Jan 13, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jan 13, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 8). (text: CR H99)
  4. Jan 13, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 8). (text: CR H99)
  5. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  6. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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