Title 45 — Railroads
Chapter 20 — Northeast Rail Service
§ 1113. Intercity passenger service
Statutory text
Responsibility of Conrail to provide crews terminated; negotiations for employee transfers
After , Conrail shall be relieved of the responsibility to provide crews for intercity passenger service on the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak, Amtrak Commuter, and Conrail, and the employees with seniority in both freight and passenger service shall commence negotiations not later than 120 days after , for the right of such employees to move from one service to the other once each six-month period. Such agreement shall ensure that Conrail, Amtrak, and Amtrak Commuter have the right to furlough one employee in the same class or craft for each employee who returns through the exercise of seniority rights. If agreement is not reached within 360 days, such matter shall be submitted to binding arbitration.
Eligibility of employees for employee protection benefits
Conrail employees who are deprived of employment by an assumption or discontinuance of intercity passenger service by Amtrak shall be eligible for employee protection benefits under section 797 1 of this title, notwithstanding any other provision of law, agreement, or arrangement, and notwithstanding the inability of such employees otherwise to meet the eligibility requirements of such section. Such protection shall be the exclusive protection applicable to Conrail employees deprived of employment or adversely affected by any such assumption or discontinuance.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
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 § 1165 · 95 Stat. 357
Enacted · 45 U.S.C. § 1113
Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1165, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 686
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1165, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 686Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1165. intercity passenger service employees After January 1, 1983, Conrail shall be relieved of the responsibility to provide crews for intercity passenger service on the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak, Amtrak Commuter, and Conrail, and the employees with seniority in both freight and passenger service shall commence negotiations not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment for the right of such employees to move from one service to the other once each six-month period. Such agreement shall ensure that Conrail, Amtrak, and Amtrak Commuter have the right to furlough one employee in the same class or craft for each employee who returns through the exercise of seniority rights. If agreement is not reached within 360 days, such matter shall be submitted to binding arbitration.Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982
Pub. L. 97–468 § 505(a) · 96 Stat. 2543
Amended · 45 U.S.C. § 1113
Pub. L. 97–468, § 505(a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
Added · 45 U.S.C. § 1113
Pub. L. 97–468, § 505(a), added subsec. (b)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–468, § 505(a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Section 1165 of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 95 Stat. 686. is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” immediately after “Sec. 1165.”; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(b) Conrail employees who are deprived of employment by an assumption or discontinuance of intercity passenger service by Amtrak shall be eligible for employee protection benefits under section 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 95 Stat. 661. U.S.C. 797), notwithstanding any other provision of law, agreement, or arrangement, and notwithstanding the inability of such employees otherwise to meet the eligibility requirements of such section. Such protection shall be the exclusive protection applicable to Conrail employees deprived of employment or adversely affected by any such assumption or discontinuance.”.
3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 797 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, § 4024(c), , 100 Stat. 1904, effective on the sale date ().
Codification
“”, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “the date of the enactment”, which was editorially translated as the date of the enactment of this section, as the probable intent of Congress.
Amendments
1983—Pub. L. 97–468, § 505(a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Conrail Employees Eligible for Employee Protection Benefits Under Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 137, , 96 Stat. 1915, provided that: “Conrail employees who are deprived of employment by assumption or discontinuance of intercity passenger service by Amtrak shall hereafter be eligible for employee protection benefits under section 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 797), notwithstanding any other provision of law, agreement, or arrangement, and notwithstanding the inability of such employees otherwise to meet the eligibility requirements of such section. Such protection shall be the exclusive protection applicable to Conrail employees deprived of employment or adversely affected by any such assumption or discontinuance.”
Credits
1981–1983 · 2 acts
- 1981Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1165, , 95 Stat. 686
- 1983Pub. L. 97–468, title V, § 505(a), , 96 Stat. 2553.
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(Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1165, , 95 Stat. 686; Pub. L. 97–468, title V, § 505(a), , 96 Stat. 2553.)