PUBLIC LAW 101-322—JULY 6, 1990 104 STAT. 295 Public Law 101-322 101st Congress An Act To amend the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990". SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 601(b)(2) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 601(b)(2)) is amended— (1) by striking "sind" at the end of subparagraph (D); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following: "(F) not to exceed $630,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989; "(G) not to exceed $656,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990; ^'(H) not to exceed $684,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991; and ^'(I) not to exceed $712,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992. ". SEC. 3. INCENTIVES FOR PASSENGER SERVICE AGREEMENTS. Title VIII of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 642 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 810. INCENTIVES FOR PASSENGER SERVICE AGREEMENTS. "(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in instances where a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law contracts to indemnify the Corporation for liability for operations conducted by or on behalf of the publicly funded commuter transportation authority or to indemnify a railroad over whose tracks such operations are conducted, liability for all claims, whether for compensatory or punitive damages, arising from any accident or incident occurring in the District of Columbia against the Corporation or the publicly funded commuter transportation authority in connection with operations conducted by or on behalf of such publicly funded commuter transportation authority, or against a railroad over whose tracks such operations were conducted at the time of the accident or incident, shall not be in an amount greater than the limits of the liability coverage maintained by the publicly funded commuter transportation authority to indemnify the Corporation or the railroad. In no event shall the publicly funded commuter transportation authority maintain an aggregate limit of liability coverage less than $200,000,000. July 6, 1990 [H.R. 5075] Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990. 45 USC 501 note. Virginia. 45 USC 649. District of Columbia. Claims.
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