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45 U.S.C. § 155 — Functions of Mediation Board
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First. Disputes within jurisdiction of Mediation Board
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Carriers and representatives of the employees shall give at least thirty days’ written notice of an intended change in agreements affecting rates of pay, rules, or working conditions, and the time and place for the beginning of conference between the representatives of the parties interested in such intended changes shall be agreed upon within ten days after the receipt of said notice, and said time shall be within the thirty days provided in the notice. In every case where such notice of intended change has been given, or conferences are being held with reference thereto, or the services of the Mediation Board have been requested by either party, or said Board has proffered its services, rates of pay, rules, or working conditions shall not be altered by the carrier until the controversy has been finally acted upon, as required by [section 155 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section155&num=0&edition=prelim), by the Mediation Board, unless a period of ten days has elapsed after termination of conferences without request for or proffer of the services of the Mediation Board.
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The parties or either party to a dispute between an employee or a group of employees and a carrier or carriers by air may invoke the services of the National Mediation Board and the jurisdiction of said Mediation Board is extended to any of the following cases:
**(a)** A dispute concerning changes in rates of pay, rules, or working conditions not adjusted by the parties in conference.
**(b)** Any other dispute not referable to an adjustment board, as hereinafter provided, and not adjusted in conference between the parties, or where conferences are refused.The National Mediation Board may proffer its services in case any labor emergency is found by it to exist at any time. The services of the Mediation Board may be invoked in a case under this subchapter in the same manner and to the same extent as are the disputes covered by [section 155 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section155&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Notice of Discontinuance.—**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), not later than 180 days before discontinuing service over a route, Amtrak shall give notice of the discontinuance in the way Amtrak decides will give a State, a regional or local authority, or another person the opportunity to agree to share or assume the cost of any part of the train, route, or service to be discontinued.
(2) Notice of the discontinuance under paragraph (1) shall be posted in all stations served by the train to be discontinued at least 14 days before the discontinuance.
**(b) Discontinuance or Substantial Alteration of Long-distance Routes.—** Except as provided in subsection (c), in an emergency, or during maintenance or construction outages impacting Amtrak routes, Amtrak may not discontinue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail service on any segment of any long-distance route in any fiscal year in which Amtrak receives adequate Federal funding for such route on the National Network.
**(c) Discontinuance for Lack of Appropriations.—**
(1) Amtrak may discontinue service under subsection (a)(1) during—
(A) the first month of a fiscal year if the authorization of appropriations and the appropriations for Amtrak are not enacted at least 90 days before the beginning of the fiscal year; and
(B) the 30 days following enactment of an appropriation for Amtrak or a rescission of an appropriation.
(2) Amtrak shall notify each affected State or regional or local transportation authority of a discontinuance under this subsection as soon as possible after Amtrak decides to discontinue the service.
**(d) Congressional Notification of Discontinuance.—** Except as provided in subsection (c), not later than 210 days before discontinuing serv
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TITLE 45—RAILROADS
§ 155
TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions
in par. Second relating to the requirement that the
Board make an annual report to Congress, see section
3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note
under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and
the 6th item on page 184 of House Document No. 103–7.
§ 155. Functions of Mediation Board
First. Disputes within jurisdiction of Mediation
Board
The parties, or either party, to a dispute be-
tween an employee or group of employees and a
carrier may invoke the services of the Mediation
Board in any of the following cases:
(a) A dispute concerning changes in rates of
pay, rules, or working conditions not adjusted
by the parties in conference.
(b) Any other dispute not referable to the Na-
tional Railroad Adjustment Board and not ad-
justed in conference between the parties or
where conferences are refused.
The Mediation Board may proffer its services
in case any labor emergency is found by it to
exist at any time.
In either event the said Board shall promptly
put itself in communication with the parties to
such controversy, and shall use its best efforts,
by mediation, to bring them to agreement. If
such efforts to bring about an amicable settle-
ment through mediation shall be unsuccessful,
the said Board shall at once endeavor as its final
required action (except as provided in paragraph
third of this section and in section 160 of this
title) to induce the parties to submit their con-
troversy to arbitration, in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.
If arbitration at the request of the Board shall
be refused by one or both parties, the Board
shall at once notify both parties in writing that
i
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