45 U.S.C. § 1001 — Congressional findings
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-254 to r/title-45-RAILROADS · 130 words · no verdicts yet
Congress identifies employee protection and continued service on Rock Island Railroad lines as reasons for the statutory protections described here.
Congress finds that: (1) uninterrupted service on Rock Island lines depends on adequate employee protections for Rock Island Railroad* employees who are not hired by other railroads; (2) for those employees, there is no other practical way to obtain money for the necessary employee-protection costs assumed by the Rock Island Railroad; (3) stopping necessary Rock Island operations would seriously affect the economies of the States where the railroad mainly operates; and (4) stopping service early on lines covered by a pending purchase application would harm the shipping public and could threaten essential commuter service.
Congress hereby finds that—
uninterrupted continuation of services over Rock Island lines is dependent on adequate employee protection provisions covering Rock Island Railroad* employees who are not hired by other railroads;
for those Rock Island Railroad employees not hired by other rail carriers, there is no other practicable means of obtaining funds to meet the necessary costs of such employee protection that are assumed by the Rock Island Railroad;
a cessation of necessary operations of the Rock Island Railroad would have serious repercussions on the economies of the States in which such railroad principally operates; and
premature cessation of services over lines which are the subject of pending purchase application would result in harm to the shipping public and could imperil continuation of vital commuter service.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 102, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 399.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-254 · 94 Stat. 399
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