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of improvements to track, signal systems, and other facilities that would b.3 required to make such accelerated speeds safe and practicable. After hearing, the Secretary shall issue an order fixing maximum permissible speeds of Corporation trains, on such terms and conditions as he shall find to be just and reasonable.". SEC. 11. (a) Section 403 of the Kail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 563), relating to new service, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) The Corporation shall initiate not less than one experimental route each year, such route to be designated by the Secretary, and shall operate such route for not less than two years. After such two-year period, the Secretary shall terminate such route if he finds that it has attracted insufficient patronage to serve the public convenience and necessity, or he may designate such route as a part of the basic system.". (b) Section 404(b) of the Kail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 564(b)), relating to discontinuance of service, is amended— (1) by striking out "July 1, 1973" in paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1974"; (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: "(2) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and in section 403(a) of this Act, service beyond that prescribed for the basic system undertaken by the Corporation upon its own initiative may be discontinued at any time. No such service undertaken by the Corporation on or after January 1, 1973, shall be discontinued until the expiration of the one-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this sentence."; and (3) by striking out "July 1, 1973" in paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1974". SEC. 12. Section 601 of the Kail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 601), relating to Federal grants, is amended to read is follows:
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Discontinuance of service.
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"SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS.
" (a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the benefit of the Corporation in fiscal year 1971, $40,000,000, and in subsequent fiscal years a total of $334,300,000. Funds appropriated pursuant to such authorization shall be made available to the Secretary during the fiscal year for which appropriated and shall remain available until expended. Such sums shall be paid by the Secretary to the Corporation for expenditure by it in accordance with spending plans approved by Congress at the time of appropriation and general guidelines established annually by the Secretary. "(b)(1) Whenever the Corporation submits any budget estimate or request to the President, the Department of Transportation, or the Office of Management and Budget, it shall concurrently transmit a copy of that estimate or request to the Congress. "(2) Whenever the Corporation submits any legislative recommendation, proposed testimony, or comments on legislation to the President, the Department of Transportation, or the Office of Management and Budget, it shall concurrently transmit a copy thereof to the Congress. No officer or agency of the United States shall have any authority to require the Corporation to submit its legislative recommendations, proposed testimony, or comments on legislation to any officer or agency of the United States for approval, comments, or review, prior to the submission of such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress.". SEC. 13. Section 602 of the Kail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 602), relating to guarantee of loans, is amended— (1) by inserting "and with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury," immediately after "prescribe," in subsection (a);
Loan guarantees.
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