Amtrak must show the public what it pays top leaders.
H.R. 192 — Amtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure Act · Filed by David Rouzer (R-NC) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill requires Amtrak to post executive pay on its website. This includes base pay and bonuses. Amtrak must also explain how it decides bonuses. Right now, Amtrak only tells Congress this information.
Who it affects
Citizens can now see how Amtrak spends money on executive pay. Amtrak's top leaders will have their pay made public.
One thing to notice
The bill makes Amtrak share pay information with the public instead of Congress. It does not set limits on executive pay.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jan 3, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 3, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
- Jan 13, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection”
- Jan 13, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Amtrak — A company that runs trains across the United States with government money.
- bonus — Extra money paid to a worker beyond their regular pay.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (692 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,342 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-18.
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