US House approves $1.17 billion in Amtrak funding
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Friday, July 1, 2005
The United States House of Representatives on June 29 passed a $1.17 billion funding bill for Amtrak in fiscal year 2006, an amount that is still short of the $2 billion Amtrak was originally seeking. The funding was approved in an amendment to a more general transportation and treasury appropriations bill. The House also removed the requirement in the bill that would mandate Amtrak to end passenger train service on currently unprofitable routes. The funding has yet to be approved by the Senate.
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- "House approves $1.17 billion for Amtrak" — Reuters (yahoo.com), June 29, 2005
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