106 STAT. 3520 PUBLIC LAW 102-533—OCT. 27, 1992 "(13) 'Northeast Corridor' has the meaning given such term in section 701(c) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 851(c)).' '. SEC. 9. mGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT. Title VIII of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 642 et seq.) (as amended by section 3) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 45 USC 650c. - SEC. 813. HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT. "(a) ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE. —The Corporation shall, upon reasonable request by States, political subdivisions, regional partnerships, private sector representatives, and other qualified persons, consist and cooperate with such parties to the extent feasible to assist the efforts of such parties to achieve high-speed rail service through equipment upgrades, grade-crossing safety improvements, ana incremental infrastructure improvements on existing railroad facilities utilized by the Corporation, other than the Northeast Corridor. "(b) REPORT.— The Corporation shall submit a written report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate by September 30, 1993, on the Corporation's efforts under subsection (a).". SEC. 10. DISCONTINUATION, MODIFICATION, OR ALTERATION OF CER- TAIN RAIL PASSENGER SERVICES. Section 403(d) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 563(d)) is amended by inserting at the end the following: "Notwithstanding the second sentence of this subsection, on any date between October 1, 1993, and September 30, 1995, if the service operated pursuant to this paragraph on a route during the previous 6-month period has a short-term avoidable loss, the Corporation may elect to consider discontinuance, modification, or adjustment of such service. If such election is made, the Corporation shall solicit public comment on alternatives to discontinuance, modification, or adjustment of such service. The public comment period shall be at least 30 days. Within 60 days after the expiration of that comment period, the Corporation may discontinue, modiftr, or adjust such service so that there is no short-term avoidable loss for operation of service pursuant to this subsection on the route. For purposes of this paragraph the calculation of shortterm avoidable loss shall not include the cost of providing passenger equipment required to operate such service.". SEC. 11. EMERGENCY TRAINING AND RESPONSE. Title VIII of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 642 et seq.) (as amended by section 9) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 45 USC 650d. "SEC. 814. EMERGENCY TRAINING AND RESPONSE. "(a) TASK FORCE. —The Corporation, together with representatives from each of the on-board service and operating crafts and unions, shall form a tesk force to consider recommendations for improving emergency training and performance of on-board service and operating crew members. A representative of the Federal Railroad Administration shall serve on the tesk force. The tesk force
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