---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 701.1"
title: "49"
number: "701.1"
heading: "General provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/701.1"
---

# §701.1. General provisions.


This part contains the rules that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) follows in processing requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), [Title 5](/cfr/5.md) of the United States Code, [section 552](/cfr/49/552.md). Information routinely provided to the public (i.e., train timetables, press releases) may be obtained at Amtrak's Web site www.amtrak.com without following Amtrak's FOIA procedures.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 49 U.S.C. 24301(e).

### Source

Source: 82 FR 9683, Feb. 8, 2017, unless otherwise noted.