Title 45 — Railroads
Chapter 20 — Northeast Rail Service
§ 1102. Statement of purpose
Statutory text
It is therefore declared to be the purpose of the Congress in this subtitle to provide for—
the removal by a date certain of the Federal Government’s obligation to subsidize the freight operations of Conrail;
transfer of Conrail commuter service responsibilities to one or more entities whose principal purpose is the provision of commuter service; and
an orderly return of Conrail freight service to the private sector.
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.
Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981
Pub. L. 97–35 title XI § 1133 · 95 Stat. 357
Enacted · 45 U.S.C. § 1102
(Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1133, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 644.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1133, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 644.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1133. purpose It is therefore declared to be the purpose of the Congress in this subtitle to provide for— (1) the removal by a date certain of the Federal Government’s obligation to subsidize the freight operations of Conrail; (2) transfer of Conrail commuter service responsibilities to one or more entities whose principal purpose is the provision of commuter service; and (3) an orderly return of Conrail freight service to the private sector.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This subtitle, referred to in text, is subtitle E (§§ 1131–1169) of title XI of Pub. L. 97–35, , 95 Stat. 643, known as the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981. For complete classification of this subtitle to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.