Title 45 — Railroads
Chapter 16 — Regional Rail Reorganization
§ 797i. Limitations on liability
Statutory text
Federal Government
The liability of the United States under an agreement entered into or benefit schedule prescribed under section 797 1 of this title or for payment of a termination allowance under section 797a of this title shall be limited to amounts appropriated under section 797l 1 of this title.
The Corporation
The Corporation, Amtrak Commuter, and commuter authorities shall incur no liability under an agreement entered into or benefit schedule prescribed under section 797 1 of this title or for the payment of a termination allowance under section 797a of this title.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until , the Corporation shall have no liability for employee protection in the event of a sale of any asset to a purchaser, and such purchaser shall assume the liability for the application of employee protection conditions imposed by the Commission for all employees adversely affected by such sale.
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.
Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
Pub. L. 93–236 title VII § 710 · 87 Stat. 985
Enacted · 45 U.S.C. § 797i
(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 710, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 667.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 710, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 667.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 797 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, § 4024(c), , 100 Stat. 1904, effective on the sale date ().
Section 797l of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, § 4033(a)(2), , 100 Stat. 1908, and a new section 797l of this title was subsequently added by Pub. L. 104–88, § 327(5).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions
Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, to Surface Transportation Board effective , by section 1302 of Title 49, Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, see section 205 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49.
Credits
(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 710, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a), , 95 Stat. 667.)