Originally Posted by HeHateY
It will be interesting to see if Congress has the testicular fortitude to actually pass this in to law.
It is law. Passed by Congress and signed by the President.
The Amtrak funding bill for FY 2006 prohibits federal subsidy of routes where Amtrak offers discount fares of greater than 50% off the regular fare. The stated purpose (whether you believe it or not) is to prevent Amtrak from bolstering ridership on struggling routes by virtually giving away trips at little or no cost. Special web discounts sometimes were as much as 90% off. Now the limit is 50%.