To amend title 49, United States Code, to require Amtrak to include information on base pay and bonus compensation of certain Amtrak executives, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Amtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure Act amends title 49 section 24315(a) so Amtrak must report compensation information for its executive leadership team. The required annual information includes each executive leadership team member's base pay, bonus compensation, and the criteria and metrics used to determine those bonuses. The executive leadership team includes Amtrak's chief executive officer, president, officers, and any other employee serving in an executive-leadership role. The same information must be submitted to Congress and made public on Amtrak's website.
Who Benefits and How
Amtrak passengers, taxpayers, congressional transportation committees, Amtrak board oversight staff, inspectors general, journalists, passenger-rail watchdogs, and public-transparency advocates benefit because executive pay and bonus rules become easier to inspect, compare, and question. Members of Congress gain a clearer basis for oversight of compensation at the federally chartered passenger-rail corporation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Amtrak, Amtrak human-resources staff, Amtrak finance staff, Amtrak legal and compliance staff, website publication teams, the Amtrak chief executive officer, the Amtrak president, officers, and other executive leadership team members must compile compensation data, describe bonus metrics, clear public disclosures, update annual reports, and accept added scrutiny of pay decisions.
Key Provisions
- Requires Amtrak to report base pay and bonus compensation for executive leadership team members.
- Requires Amtrak to disclose the criteria and metrics used to determine executive bonuses.
- Requires the compensation information to be submitted to Congress and posted publicly on Amtrak's website.
- Defines executive leadership team to include the chief executive officer, president, officers, and comparable executive employees.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires Amtrak to include annual base pay, bonus compensation, and bonus criteria for executive leadership team members in its public reporting to Congress and on Amtrak's website.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Government Oversight, Labor
Primary Purpose
Requires Amtrak to include annual base pay, bonus compensation, and bonus criteria for executive leadership team members in its public reporting to Congress and on Amtrak's website.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Amtrak passengers
- Taxpayers
- Congressional transportation committees
- Amtrak board oversight staff
- Inspectors general
- Journalists
- Passenger-rail watchdogs
- Public-transparency advocates
Identified Costs
- Amtrak
- Amtrak human-resources staff
- Amtrak finance staff
- Amtrak legal and compliance staff
- Website publication teams
- Amtrak chief executive officer
- Amtrak president
- Amtrak executive leadership team members
Sponsors
David Rouzer
R-NC | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Mr. Rouzer (for himself and Mr. Graves) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Amtrak, Amtrak executive leadership team, Amtrak finance staff
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "amtrak"
- → National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- "executives"
- → Amtrak executive leadership team
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