---
kind: "unit"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
key: "stV/ptC/ch243"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 243"
heading: "Amtrak"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/stV-ptC-ch243"
sections_count: 23
---

# Chapter 243 — Amtrak

Title 49 — Transportation › Subtitle V — Rail Programs › Part C — Passenger Transportation

## Sections

- [§24301. Status and applicable laws](/usc/49/24301.md)
- [§24302. Board of directors](/usc/49/24302.md)
- [§24303. Officers](/usc/49/24303.md)
- [§24304. Employee stock ownership plans](/usc/49/24304.md)
- [§24305. General authority](/usc/49/24305.md)
- [§24306. Mail, express, and auto-ferry transportation](/usc/49/24306.md)
- [§24307. Special transportation](/usc/49/24307.md)
- [§24308. Use of facilities and providing services to Amtrak](/usc/49/24308.md)
- [§24309. Retaining and maintaining facilities](/usc/49/24309.md)
- [§24310. Management accountability](/usc/49/24310.md)
- [§24311. Acquiring interests in property by eminent domain](/usc/49/24311.md)
- [§24312. Labor standards](/usc/49/24312.md)
- [§24313. Rail safety system program](/usc/49/24313.md)
- [§24314. Repealed.](/usc/49/24314.md)
- [§24315. Reports and audits](/usc/49/24315.md)
- [§24316. Plans to address needs of families of passengers involved in rail passenger accidents](/usc/49/24316.md)
- [§24317. Accounts](/usc/49/24317.md)
- [§24318. Costs and revenues](/usc/49/24318.md)
- [§24319. Grant process and reporting](/usc/49/24319.md)
- [§24320. Amtrak 5-year service line and asset line plans](/usc/49/24320.md)
- [§24321. Food and beverage service](/usc/49/24321.md)
- [§24322. Rolling stock purchases](/usc/49/24322.md)
- [§24323. Prohibition on smoking on Amtrak trains](/usc/49/24323.md)