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49 U.S.C. § 24706 — Discontinuance
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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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**(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 service over a route, Amtrak shall give written notice of such discontinuance to all of the members of Congress representing any State or district in which the discontinuance would occur.
**(e) Applicability.—** This section applies to all service over routes provided by Amtrak, notwithstanding any provision of [section 24701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section24701&num=0&edition=prelim) or any other provision of this title except section 24702(b).
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**(a)** The national objectives of general welfare, economic growth and stability, and security of the United States require the development of transportation policies and programs that contribute to providing fast, safe, efficient, and convenient transportation at the lowest cost consistent with those and other national objectives, including the efficient use and conservation of the resources of the United States.
**(b)** A Department of Transportation is necessary in the public interest and to—
(1) ensure the coordinated and effective administration of the transportation programs of the United States Government;
(2) make easier the development and improvement of coordinated transportation service to be provided by private enterprise to the greatest extent feasible;
(3) encourage cooperation of Federal, State, and local governments, carriers, labor, and other interested persons to achieve transportation objectives;
(4) stimulate technological advances in transportation, through research and development or otherwise;
(5) provide general leadership in identifying and solving transportation problems; and
(6) develop and recommend to the President and Congress transportation policies and programs to achieve transportation objectives considering the needs of the public, users, carriers, industry, labor, and national defense.
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First. Disputes within jurisdiction of Mediation Board
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Amtrak shall operate a national rail passenger transportation system which ties together existing and emergent regional rail passenger service and other intermodal passenger service.
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If a dispute between a carrier and its employees be not adjusted under the foregoing provisions of this chapter and should, in the judgment of the Mediation Board, threaten substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive any section of the country of essential transportation service, the Mediation Board shall notify the President, who may thereupon, in his discretion, create a board to investigate and report respecting such dispute. Such board shall be composed of such number of persons as to the President may seem desirable: Provided, however, That no member appointed shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier. The compensation of the members of any such board shall be fixed by the President. Such board shall be created separately in each instance and it shall investigate promptly the facts as to the dispute and make a report thereon to the President within thirty days from the date of its creation.
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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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First. Submission of controversy to arbitration
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Level II of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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The purpose of this chapter is to promote safety in every area of railroad operations and reduce railroad-related accidents and incidents.
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**(a)** In addition to the provisions required or permitted under [section 1123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title11-section1123&num=0&edition=prelim), a plan—
(1) shall specify the extent to and the means by which the debtor’s rail service is proposed to be continued, and the extent to which any of the debtor’s rail service is proposed to be terminated; and
(2) may include a provision for—
(A) the transfer of any or all of the operating railroad lines of the debtor to another operating railroad; or
(B) abandonment of any railroad line in accordance with [section 1170 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title11-section1170&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** If, except for the pendency of the case under this chapter, transfer of, or operation of or over, any of the debtor’s rail lines by an entity other than the debtor or a successor to the debtor under the plan would require approval by the Board under a law of the United States, then a plan may not propose such a transfer or such operation unless the proponent of the plan initiates an appropriate application for such a transfer or such operation with the Board and, within such time as the court may fix, not exceeding 180 days, the Board, with or without a hearing, as the Board may determine, and with or without modification or condition, approves such application, or does not act on such application. Any action or order of the Board approving, modifying, conditioning, or disapproving such application is subject to review by the court only under sections 706(2)(A), 706(2)(B), 706(2)(C), and 706(2)(D) of title 5.
**(c)**
(1) In approving an application under subsection (b) of this section, the Board shall require the rail carrie
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 24702
§ 24702. Transportation requested by States, au-
thorities, and other persons
(a) CONTRACTS FOR TRANSPORTATION.—Amtrak
may enter into a contract with a State, a re-
gional or local authority, or another person for
Amtrak to operate an intercity rail service or
route not included in the national rail passenger
transportation system upon such terms as the
parties thereto may agree.
(b) DISCONTINUANCE.—Upon termination of a
contract entered into under this section, or the
cessation of financial support under such a con-
tract by either party, Amtrak may discontinue
such service or route, notwithstanding any
other provision of law.
(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title II, § 201(b)(1),
Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4910.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 24702, Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5,
1994, 108 Stat. 923; Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(48), Oct. 11, 1996,
110 Stat. 3393, related to carrying out plan to improve
intercity rail passenger service prior to repeal by Pub.
L. 105–134, title I, § 101(b), Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2572.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
ACCESS TO AMTRAK EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES
Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title II, § 217, Oct. 16, 2008, 122
Stat. 4930, as amended by Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title
XI, § 11006(b)(1), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1624, provided
that: ‘‘If a State desires to select or selects an entity
other than Amtrak to provide services required for the
operation of an intercity passenger train route de-
scribed in section 24102(7)(D) or 24702 of title 49, United
States Code, the State may make an agreement with
Amtrak to use facilities and equipment of, or have
services provided by, Amtrak under terms agreed to by
the State and Amtrak to enable the State to u
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