Train FOOD Act

Summary

Requires Amtrak to set up an internal advisory committee and produce yearly public progress reports on implementing prior recommendations about onboard food and beverage service, and directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress within two years on that implementation. The advisory committee must include Amtrak, labor groups representing onboard dining workers, passenger nonprofit organizations, and States that help fund routes; it ends when Amtrak files a final implementation report.

• Amtrak must create an internal Implementation Advisory Committee within one year to review implementation of onboard dining recommendations.
• Advisory committee members must include Amtrak, labor groups for onboard food/beverage workers, passenger nonprofits, and States funding State-supported routes.
• Amtrak must file annual public implementation status reports to two congressional committees starting within one year and continue until all recommendations are implemented or deemed impractical/impossible.
• Annual reports must detail progress, completed items, impractical recommendations with justifications, estimated costs when lack of funding is the reason, service changes, and advisory committee comments.
• GAO must report to the same congressional committees on Amtrak's implementation progress within two years after enactment.
• The advisory committee terminates when Amtrak files its final implementation report.
• The bill increases oversight and transparency but does not create new funding or direct operational mandates.
• Reports must be posted publicly, increasing accountability to riders, labor, States, and Congress.