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[CITE: 49USC24701]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                    PART C--PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
 
                    CHAPTER 247--AMTRAK ROUTE SYSTEM
 
Sec. 24701. National rail passenger transportation system

    Amtrak shall operate a national rail passenger transportation system 
which ties together existing and emergent regional rail passenger 
service and other intermodal passenger service.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 923; Pub. L. 105-
134, title I, Sec. 101(a)(1), Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2572.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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24701(a)..............................  45:561(b).                       Oct. 3
0, 1970, Pub. L. 91-518, Sec.
                                                                          401(b
), 84 Stat. 1335.
24701(b)..............................  45:561(c).                       Oct. 3
0, 1970, Pub. L. 91-518, Sec.
                                                                          401(c
), 84 Stat. 1335; Nov. 3, 1973,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 93-146, Sec.  9, 87 Stat. 551.
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the text of 45:561(b) (1st 
sentence words after 3d comma) is omitted as obsolete because no 
regional transportation authority provided intercity rail passenger 
transportation after May 1, 1971. The words ``On May 1, 1971'' and 
``begin'' are omitted as executed. The words ``between points'' and 
``either'' are omitted as surplus. In clause (2), the words ``under 
contract with Amtrak'' are substituted for 45:561(b) (last sentence) for 
clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``at any time 
subsequent to May 1, 1971'' are omitted as executed.
    In subsection (b), the words ``concerning auto-ferry service . . . 
railroad or any other'' are omitted as surplus.


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-134 substituted section catchline for former 
catchline which read ``Operation of basic system'' and amended text 
generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
    ``(a) By Amtrak.--Amtrak shall provide intercity rail passenger 
transportation within the basic system unless the transportation is 
provided by--
        ``(1) a rail carrier with which Amtrak did not make a contract 
    under section 401(a) of the Rail Passenger Service Act; or
        ``(2) a regional transportation authority under contract with 
    Amtrak.
    ``(b) By Others With Consent of Amtrak.--Except as provided in 
section 24306 of this title, a person may provide intercity rail 
passenger transportation over a route over which Amtrak provides 
scheduled intercity rail passenger transportation under a contract under 
section 401(a) of the Act only with the consent of Amtrak.''
