Tablecloths, fresh flowers, metal flatware, glassware, comp wine, food quality at, say, Seasons 52 level.....
"Amenity kits", comp snacks, beverages (alcohol from the Attendant) in the Sleepers throughout the trip....
A 600 car order for Superliner III's; 300 additional V-II's, including "Pacific Parlor" Lounges.
Restoration of the LD's lost with the Carter, Clinton, and Bush cut's. Service restored to the Overland and the NP routes.
I doubt if any language within an Authorization Bill means any of the above nonsense could move forth. Travel in nature and scope has simply changed over the past sixty years. H.G. Wells' "Time Machine" would have more takers than the above.
Now a positive from removal of the "for profit" language is that "as the stuff that counts", such as infrastructure from appropriations and new short distance equipment is obtained in the private capital markets, comes to pass, the cost of all will be converted to expense by Depreciation (simply because Cash Flow measurements such as EBIDTA ignore such does not mean it's an Expense of the business enterprise). This could result in the return of significant Operating Deficits, that hopefully will be obviated as ridership in markets that count increases.
In short, I welcome the proposed language change, but not for the reasons that the various advocacy groups likely have in mind.