§ 160. Emergency board

Legislative history

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1. 1926

   Railway Labor Act

   Pub. L. 69–347 § 10 · 44 Stat. 577

   Enacted · 45 U.S.C. § 160

   May 20, 1926, ch. 347, § 10, 44 Stat. 586

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 20, 1926, ch. 347, § 10, 44 Stat. 586

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 10. emergency board Board to notify the President of a dispute not adjusted threatening to interrupt interstate commerce. Post, p. 1072. If a dispute between a carrier and its employees be not adjusted under the foregoing provisions of this Act and should, in the judgment of the Board of Mediation, threaten substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive any section of the country of essential transportation service, the Board of Mediation shall notify the President, who may thereupon, in his Creation of a board to investigate, etc. discretion, create a board to investigate and report respecting such dispute. Such board shall be composed of such number of persons Proviso. No member interested in any organization of employees or any carrier. as to the President may seem desirable: Provided, however, That no member appointed shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier. The compensation Compensation. of the members of any such board shall be fixed by the President. Such board shall be created separately in each instance and it shall Separate board in each instance to investigate facts and report within 30 days. investigate promptly the facts as to the dispute and make a report thereon to the President within thirty days from the date of its creation. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may Necessary sums for expenses, etc., authorized. be necessary for the expenses of such board, including the compensation and the necessary traveling expenses and expenses actually incurred for subsistence, of the members of the board. All expenditures Payment, etc. of the board shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman. After the creation of such board and for thirty days after such No change in conditions after creation of board, and for 30 days after its report. board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the parties to the controversy in the conditions out of which the dispute arose.

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