119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 21, 2025
Amtrak Transparency Act
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Latest action (Jan 21, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 21, 2025)
Amtrak Transparency Act
This bill increases Amtrak's open meeting and public disclosure requirements.
Specifically, the Amtrak Board of Directors must comply with federal open meeting requirements under the Government in the Sunshine Act.
In addition, at least 30 days prior to the board convening, the board must publicly post an announcement of the meeting and the anticipated meeting agenda.
The board must also annually convene a meeting to which state departments of transportation with long-distance routes or state-supported routes are invited to participate.
Further, Amtrak must publicly disclose the discretionary bonus compensation paid to an Amtrak officer or non-bargaining unit employee.
Upon request, Amtrak must also disclose to a state or the State-Amtrak Intercity Passenger Rail Committee vendor agreements of $250,000 or more for certain services on state-supported routes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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CALIFORNIA INTERCITY RAIL CORRIDORS LINKING EVERYONE (CIRCLE) · lobbying firm or registrant: TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 14, 2026 · issue area: Railroads
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…relating to state-supported Amtrak route issues and Amtrak transparency issues. Support for legislative initiatives that improve Amtrak transparency (H.R. 188/S. 174). Outreach related to surface transportation reauthorization (H.R.8870).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CALIFORNIA INTERCITY RAIL CORRIDORS LINKING EVERYONE (CIRCLE) · lobbying firm or registrant: TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Railroads
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…relating to state-supported Amtrak route issues and Amtrak transparency issues. Support for legislative initiatives that improve Amtrak transparency (H.R. 188/S. 174). Outreach related to surface transportation reauthorization (H.R.8870).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CALIFORNIA INTERCITY RAIL CORRIDORS LINKING EVERYONE (CIRCLE) · lobbying firm or registrant: TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Railroads
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…relating to state-supported Amtrak route issues and Amtrak transparency issues. Support for legislative initiatives that improve Amtrak transparency (H.R. 188/S. 174). Outreach related to surface transportation reauthorization (no bill number).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CALIFORNIA INTERCITY RAIL CORRIDORS LINKING EVERYONE (CIRCLE) · lobbying firm or registrant: TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Railroads
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…relating to state-supported Amtrak route issues and Amtrak transparency issues. Support for legislative initiatives that improve Amtrak transparency (H.R. 188/S. 174). Outreach related to surface transportation reauthorization (no bill number).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CALIFORNIA INTERCITY RAIL CORRIDORS LINKING EVERYONE (CIRCLE) · lobbying firm or registrant: TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 18, 2025 · issue area: Railroads
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…relating to state-supported Amtrak route issues and Amtrak transparency issues. Support for legislative initiatives that improve Amtrak transparency (H.R. 188/S. 174). Outreach related to surface transportation reauthorization (no bill number).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CALIFORNIA INTERCITY RAIL CORRIDORS LINKING EVERYONE (CIRCLE) · lobbying firm or registrant: TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Railroads
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…relating to state-supported Amtrak route issues and Amtrak transparency issues. Support for legislative initiatives that improve Amtrak transparency (H.R. 188/S. 174). Outreach related to surface transportation reauthorization (no bill number).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing