45-U.S.C.-1113
§1113 – Intercity Passenger Service
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Title 45 > Chapter 20 > Section 1113
Details
- Reference: Section 1113
- Legend: §1113 – Intercity Passenger Service
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Responsibility of Conrail to provide crews terminated; negotiations for employee transfers
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 August 13, 1981, 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.
(b) 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 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.
(Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, §1165, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 686; Pub. L. 97–468, title V, §505(a), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2553.)
References in Text
Section 797 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, §4024(c), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1904, effective on the sale date (Apr. 2, 1987).
Codification
August 13, 1981, 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).
Conrail Employees Eligible for Employee Protection Benefits Under Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
Pub. L. 97–377, title I, §137, Dec. 21, 1982, 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.
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