PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 903 (i) $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993. (ii) $9,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994. (B) The expenditure by Amtrak of an amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph is deemed not to be an operating expense when calculating the revenue-to-operating expense ratio of Amtrak. (c) MANDATORY PAYMENTS. — (1) Not more than $150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and amounts that may be necessary for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, may be appropriated to the Secretary to pay— (A) tax liabilities under section 3221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3221) due in those fiscal years that are more than the amount needed for benefits for individuals who retire from Amtrak and for their beneficiaries; (B) obligations of Amtrak under section 8(a) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 358(a)) due in those fiscal years that are more than obligations of Amtrak calculated on an experience-related basis; and (C) obligations of Amtrak due under section 3321 of the Code (26 U.S.C. 3321). (2) Amounts appropriated under this subsection are not a United States Government subsidy of Amtrak. (d) PAYMENT TO AMTRAK.— Amounts appropriated under this section shall be paid to Amtrak under the budget request of the Secretary as approved or modified by Congress when the amounts are appropriated. A payment may not be made more frequently than once every 90 days, unless Amtrak, for good cause, requests more frequent payment before a 90-day period ends. In each fiscal year in which amounts are authorized to be appropriated under this section, amounts appropriated shall be paid to Amtrak as follows: (1) 50 percent on October 1. (2) 25 percent on January 1. (3) 25 percent on April 1. (e) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AND EARLY APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) Amounts appropriated under this section remain available until expended. (2) Amounts for capital acquisitions and improvements may be appropriated in a fiscal year before the fiscal year in which the amounts will be obligated. (f) LIMITATIONS ON USE.— Amounts appropriated under this section may not be used to subsidize operating losses of commuter rail passenger or rail freight transportation. CHAPTER 243—AMTRAK Sec. 24301. Status and applicable laws. 24302. Board of directors. 24303. Officers. 24304. Capitalization. 24305. General authority. 24306. Mail, express, and auto-ferry transportation. 24307. Special transportation. 24308. Use of facilities and providing services to Amtrak. 24309. Retaining and maintaining facilities. 24310. Assistance for upgrading facilities. 24311. Acquiring interests in property by eminent domain.
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