More than 18,000 Amtrak workers will receive a $900 bonus before the end of the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Thursday evening. Funding for the bonuses will come from Amtrak's executive leadership team bonus packages, the statement said. The federal administration urged executive leadership "to forgo 50% of the bonus packages that would have been paid out under the misplaced priorities of the previous executive bonus structure."