45 U.S.C. § 797j — Preemption

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This section addresses when its railroad provisions preempt other law or agreements. It states the scope and exceptions of that preemption.

No State may adopt or continue in force any law, rule, regulation, order, or standard requiring the Corporation to employ any specified number of persons to perform any particular task, function, or operation, or requiring the Corporation to pay protective benefits to employees, and no State in the Region may adopt or continue in force any such law, rule, regulation, order, or standard about any railroad in the Region.

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No State may adopt or continue in force any law, rule, regulation, order, or standard requiring the Corporation to employ any specified number of persons to perform any particular task, function, or operation, or requiring the Corporation to pay protective benefits to employees, and no State in the Region may adopt or continue in force any such law, rule, regulation, order, or standard with respect to any railroad in the Region.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 711, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 667; amended Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1981Enacted · Pub. L. 93-236 · 95 Stat. 667
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-272 · 108 Stat. 1379

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 93-236 on 1981-08-13.