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No later than 3 days after the submission of the President's budget request, the National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak) shall submit a report to Congress that describes use of funds from the budget request, or a separate request if Amtrak decides to submit a separate appropriation request from the Federal Railroad Administration: Provided, That the report must include Amtrak's proposed allocation of requested funds by category for both the Northeast Corridor and National Network accounts, including operating expenses, debt service, capital programs and projects, contingency, and oversight takedowns: Provided further, That, on the fourth day after the President's budget is submitted, and again every third day thereafter, the amounts made available to Amtrak under the headings Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall be reduced by 5 percent until the report described in the preceding two provisos has been transmitted to Congress.