§ 1003. Service continuation

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1980

   Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act

   Pub. L. 96–254 title I § 104 · 94 Stat. 399

   Enacted · 45 U.S.C. § 1003

   Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 104, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 400

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 104, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 400

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 104. service continuation (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 11125 of title 49, United States Code, or Public Law 96–131, the Commission shall order directed service for a period of not to exceed 90 days over any line of the Rock Island Railroad if the Secretary finds and certifies to the Commission that— (1) a lack of rail service exists which cannot be resolved by a grant of interim operating authority over such line and grains or foods are ready to be shipped to market; or (2) a lack of rail service exists which cannot be resolved by a grant of interim operating authority over such line and a rail carrier, shipper, State, or other interested party has expressed in writing to the Secretary an interest in purchasing, leasing, or rehabilitating the particular rail line or facility for purposes of providing rail services, and there is a reasonable expectation that such transaction will be consummated. (b) (1) Not more than $15,000,000 of the funds available for expenditure by the Secretary out of the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund established under title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 821 et seq.) may be made available by the Secretary to the Commission for purposes of providing directed service under this section and section 18(b) of the 93 Stat. 746. Post, p. 405. Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act. (2) Funds may be made available for directed service under this section without regard to the findings of the Secretary required under title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 45 USC 821. 1976, and section 516 of such Act (45 U.S.C. 836) shall not apply to any directed service provided with such funds. (c) The terms of compensation for all trackage rights, joint facilities, and similar arrangements between other rail carriers and the trustee of the Rock Island Railroad which are in effect on or after March 15, 1980, on portions of the lines of the Rock Island Railroad involved in temporary emergency operations shall be continued in effect during the duration of the temporary emergency operating authority with the carrier providing temporary emergency service substituting for the trustee, except where the Rock Island Railroad has been given more favorable treatment by virtue of its bankruptcy. Such continuation shall not alter or affect the ultimate rights of other rail carriers under trackage rights, joint facilities, or similar arrangements nor prejudice the ultimate determination of any controversy or proceeding concerning rights of the parties with regard to assignment by the trustee of rights in or to the facilities or under the arrangements.

2. 1995

   ICC Termination Act of 1995

   Pub. L. 104–88 title III § 329(1) · 109 Stat. 803

   Substituted · 45 U.S.C. § 1003(a)

   Pub. L. 104–88 substituted “the provisions of Public Law 96–131” for “the provisions of section 11125 of title 49 or Public Law 96–131”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–88 substituted “the provisions of Public Law 96–131” for “the provisions of section 11125 of title 49 or Public Law 96–131”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in section 104(a) (45 U.S.C. 1003(a)) by striking “section 11125 of title 49, United States Code, or”; and

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 104–88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1301 of Title 49, Transportation.

3. 2021

   Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021

   Pub. L. 117–58 § 21301(j)(3)(F)(i) · 135 Stat. 429

   1. Substituted · 45 U.S.C. § 1003(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 117–58, § 21301(j)(3)(F)(i), substituted “chapter 224 of title 49” for “title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 821 et seq.)”

   2. Struck · 45 U.S.C. § 1003(b)(1)

      Pub. L. 117–58, § 21301(j)(3)(F)(i), struck out “and section 916(b) of this title” before period at end

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 117–58, § 21301(j)(3)(F)(i), substituted “chapter 224 of title 49” for “title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 821 et seq.)” and struck out “and section 916(b) of this title” before period at end.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) by striking “title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 821 et seq.)” and inserting “chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code,”; and (II) by striking “and section 18(b) of the Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act”; and

4. 2021

   Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021

   Pub. L. 117–58 § 21301(j)(3)(F)(ii) · 135 Stat. 429

   Substituted · 45 U.S.C. § 1003(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 117–58, § 21301(j)(3)(F)(ii), substituted “chapter 224 of title 49, including section 22404 of such title,” for “title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, and section 516 of such Act (45 U.S.C. 836)”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 117–58, § 21301(j)(3)(F)(ii), substituted “chapter 224 of title 49, including section 22404 of such title,” for “title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, and section 516 of such Act (45 U.S.C. 836)”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking “title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, and section 516 of such Act (45 U.S.C. 836)” and inserting “chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code, including section 22404 of such title,”.

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision