Amtrak: Deteriorated Financial and Operating Conditions Threaten Long-Term Viability

Amtrak: Deteriorated Financial and Operating Conditions

Assesses Amtrak's deteriorating financial & operating conditions. Addresses the likelihood that Amtrak can overcome its financial & operating problems & presents alternative actions that could be considered by the Congress in deciding on Amtrak's future mission & on commitments to fund the railroad. 36 figures, graphs & tables.

Reviews 58 government corpations (GC) presently in operation; their reported adherence to 15 federal statutes which cover a diverse range of legislative requirements; and proposals to create additional GCs. Corps. include: gov't. department agencies, gov't. corps. (owned and controlled by the public sector) and gov't. sponsored enterprise and private corp., (owned and controlled by the private sector.). Examples: Export-Import Bank, Fed. Housing Admin., Amtrak, OPIC, RTC, TVA, FDIC, Legal Serv. Corp., Corp. for Public Broad., Postal Service. 85 charts and tables.