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45 U.S.C. § 909 — Supplementary unemployment insurance
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**(a) Eligible employees** Any employee of the Milwaukee Railroad—
(1) who (A) is employed by the restructured Milwaukee Railroad, and (B) is separated from that employment by reason of any reduction in service by such railroad prior to April 1, 1984; or
(2) who (A) is separated from his employment with the Milwaukee Railroad in connection with a restructuring transaction carried out by such railroad, and obtains employment, prior to April 1, 1981, with another rail carrier, and (B) is separated from employment with such other carrier prior to April 1, 1984,
shall be entitled to receive monthly supplementary unemployment insurance in accordance with the provisions of this section.
**(b) Period of payment** Each employee described in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive supplementary unemployment insurance during each month in which such employee is not employed, for all or a portion of such month, by the Milwaukee Railroad or another rail carrier. Each such employee shall be entitled to receive such insurance for a total of not more than 36 months, except that—
(1) the period of entitlement for assistance under this section shall not exceed the employee’s total months of service with the Milwaukee Railroad; and
(2) no compensation shall be provided under this section after April 1, 1984, unless it is necessary in order to provide an employee with at least 8 months of such insurance, but after such date, such employee only shall receive such 8-month minimum if such employee is not employed continuously after such date.
**(c) Amount of payment** Supplementary unemployment insurance under this section shall be payable to an employee on a monthly basis in an amount equal to—
(1) eighty percent of such employee’s average monthly normal compensat
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**(a) Eligible employees** Any employee of the Milwaukee Railroad—
(1) who (A) is employed by the restructured Milwaukee Railroad, and (B) is separated from that employment by reason of any reduction in service by such railroad prior to April 1, 1984; or
(2) who (A) is separated from his employment with the Milwaukee Railroad in connection with a restructuring transaction carried out by such railroad, and obtains employment, prior to April 1, 1981, with another rail carrier, and (B) is separated from employment with such other carrier prior to April 1, 1984,
shall be entitled to receive monthly supplementary unemployment insurance in accordance with the provisions of this section.
**(b) Period of payment** Each employee described in subsection (a) of this section shall be entitled to receive supplementary unemployment insurance during each month in which such employee is not employed, for all or a portion of such month, by the Milwaukee Railroad or another rail carrier. Each such employee shall be entitled to receive such insurance for a total of not more than 36 months, except that—
(1) the period of entitlement for assistance under this section shall not exceed the employee’s total months of service with the Milwaukee Railroad; and
(2) no compensation shall be provided under this section after April 1, 1984, unless it is necessary in order to provide an employee with at least 8 months of such insurance, but after such date, such employee only shall receive such 8-month minimum if such employee is not employed continuously after such date.
**(c) Amount of payment** Supplementary unemployment insurance under this section shall be payable to an employee on a monthly basis in an amount equal to—
(1) eighty percent of such employee’s average monthly normal compensation from employment with the Milwaukee Railroad during the period beginning June 1, 1977, and ending on November 4, 1979, less
(2) the sum of (A) the amount of any benefits payable to such employee for such month under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act [[45 U.S.C. 351](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section351&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] or under any State unemployment insurance program, and (B) the amount of any earnings of such employee for such month from employment or self-employment of any kind.
**(d) Filing of application** An application for supplementary unemployment insurance shall be filed with the Board in such time and manner as the Board by regulation shall prescribe.
**(e) Insurance as compensation** Any supplementary unemployment insurance received by any employee pursuant to this section shall be considered to be compensation solely—
(1) for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 ([45 U.S.C. 231](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section231&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(2) for purposes of determining the compensation received by such employee in any base year under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act [[45 U.S.C. 351](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section351&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(f) Employees not covered**
(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply to an employee in the event of his resignation, retirement, or discharge for cause from the employment of any rail carrier.
(2) An employee shall not be entitled to receive supplementary unemployment insurance under this section if he has failed to exhaust all seniority rights or other employment rights under applicable collective bargaining agreements.
(3) An employee shall not be entitled to receive supplementary unemployment insurance under this section for any month or portion of a month in which such employee is unemployed due to normal seasonal unemployment patterns in the railroad industry.
**(g) Furloughed employees** For purposes of this section, any employee of the Milwaukee Railroad who is furloughed shall be considered to be separated from his employment.
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For the purposes of this chapter, except when used in amending the provisions of other Acts—
**(a)** The term “employer” means any carrier (as defined in subsection (b) of this section), and any company which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by one or more such carriers or under common control therewith, and which operates any equipment or facility or performs any service (except trucking service, casual service, and the casual operation of equipment or facilities) in connection with the transportation of passengers or property by railroad, or the receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer in transit, refrigeration or icing, storage, or handling of property transported by railroad, and any receiver, trustee, or other individual or body, judicial or otherwise, when in the possession of the property or operating all or any part of the business of any such employer: Provided, however, That the term “employer” shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steam-railroad system of transportation, but shall not exclude any part of the general steam-railroad system of transportation now or hereafter operated by any other motive power. The Surface Transportation Board is hereby authorized and directed upon request of the Railroad Retirement Board, or upon complaint of any party interested, to determine after hearing whether any line operated by electric power falls within the terms of this proviso. The term “employer” shall also include railroad associations, traffic associations, tariff bureaus, demurrage bureaus, weighing and inspection bureaus, collection agencies, and other associations, bureaus, agencies, or organizations controlled and maintained wholly or principally by two or mor
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Railroad Retirement Act of 1974”.
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For the purposes of this subchapter—
**(a)**
(1) The term “employer” shall include—
(i) any carrier by railroad subject to the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board under part A of subtitle IV of title 49;
(ii) any company which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, or under common control with, one or more employers as defined in paragraph (i) of this subdivision, and which operates any equipment or facility or performs any service (except trucking service, casual service, and the casual operation of equipment or facilities) in connection with the transportation of passengers or property by railroad, or the receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer in transit, refrigeration or icing, storage, or handling of property transported by railroad;
(iii) any receiver, trustee, or other individual or body, judicial or otherwise, when in the possession of the property or operating all or any part of the business of any employer as defined in paragraph (i) or (ii) of this subdivision;
(iv) any railroad association, traffic association, tariff bureau, demurrage bureau, weighing and inspection bureau, collection agency and any other association, bureau, agency, or organization which is controlled and maintained wholly or principally by two or more employers as defined in paragraph (i), (ii), or (iii) of this subdivision and which is engaged in the performance of services in connection with or incidental to railroad transportation; and
(v) any railway labor organization, national in scope, which has been or may be organized in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended [[45 U.S.C. 151](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section151&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and its State and National
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This chapter may be cited as the “Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act”.
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Any employee who receives any assistance under section 909 or [section 911 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section911&num=0&edition=prelim) or under an employee protection agreement entered into under [section 908 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section908&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be deemed to waive any employee protection benefits otherwise available to such employee under the Bankruptcy Act, subtitle IV of title 49, or any applicable contract or agreement.
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**(a)** There is authorized to be appropriated to provide supplementary unemployment insurance under [section 909 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section909&num=0&edition=prelim) not to exceed $5,000,000.
**(b)** There is authorized to be appropriated for new career training assistance under [section 911 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section911&num=0&edition=prelim) not to exceed $1,500,000.
**(c)** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out its administrative expenses under this chapter and the Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act [[45 U.S.C. 1001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] not to exceed $750,000. Effective October 1, 1980, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Board an additional $1,000,000 to carry out its administrative expenses under this chapter and the Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act [[45 U.S.C. 1001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(d)** There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for purposes of providing transaction assistance in accordance with section 825(h)(1)(A) and (B) of this title.
**(e)** Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended.
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**(a)** Within 30 days after November 4, 1979, the Board shall publish, and make available for distribution by the Milwaukee Railroad to all its employees, a document which describes in detail the rights of such employees under sections 907, 908, 909, 910,11 See References in Text note below. and 911 of this title.
**(b)** During the 2-year period beginning on November 4, 1979, the Board shall submit a report to the Congress every 6 months describing its activities under this chapter.
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TITLE 45—RAILROADS
§ 231
Pub. L. 92–46, § 5, July 2, 1971, 85 Stat. 101, provided for
10 per cent increases in pensions under section 228f of
this title, annuities under subchapter II of this chapter,
certain survivor annuities, and certain widows’ and
widowers’ insurance annuities.
Pub. L. 91–377, § 4(b)(1), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 792, pro-
vided for 15 per cent increases in pensions under section
228f of this title, annuities under subchapter II of this
chapter, certain survivor annuities, and certain wid-
ows’ and widowers’ insurance annuities, provided that
there would be a reduction in the amount of the in-
crease where the recipient was also a recipient of cer-
tain social security benefits.
Pub. L. 90–257, § 107, Feb. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 22, provided
for certain increases in pensions under section 228f of
this title, annuities under subchapter II of this chapter,
survivor annuities and widows’ and widowers’ insur-
ance annuities, provided that there would be a reduc-
tion in the amount of the increase where the recipient
was also a recipient of certain social security benefits.
Pub. L. 89–699, § 201(g), Oct. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 1077, pro-
vided for 7 per cent increases in pensions under section
228f of this title, annuities under subchapter II of this
chapter, certain survivor annuities, and certain wid-
ows’ and widowers’ insurance annuities, provided that
there would be a reduction in the amount of the in-
crease where the recipient was also a recipient of cer-
tain social security benefits.
PERMANENCY OF INCREASES IN CERTAIN PENSIONS AND
ANNUITIES
Pub. L. 92–460, § 6, Sept. 4, 1972, 86 Stat. 767, provided
that it was the policy of Congress that the 20 per cent
increase in pension and annuity benefits provided by
section 2 of Pub.
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TITLE 45—RAILROADS
§ 351
Omitted sections
I.R.C. 1939
I.R.C. 1986
270 ..............................
3802 .......................
7511.
271 ..............................
272 ..............................
1535 .......................
7805(a), (c).
273 ..............................
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
COMPENSATION
FROM
LOCAL
DIVISION
OF
RAILWAY-
LABOR-ORGANIZATION
EMPLOYER
TAX—UNPAID
BE-
FORE JULY 1, 1940
Act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 842, § 27(b), 54 Stat. 1101, provided
that, for the purpose of determining the amount of
taxes under sections 262(a) and 263(a) of this title, com-
pensation earned in the service of a local lodge or divi-
sion of a railway-labor-organization employer shall be
disregarded with respect to any calendar month if the
amount thereof is less than $3 and the taxes thereon
under such sections are not paid before July 1, 1940.
CHAPTER 11—RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE
Sec.
351.
Definitions.
352.
Benefits.
353.
Qualifying condition.
354.
Disqualifying conditions.
355.
Claims for benefits.
355a.
Acceptance of claims for benefits.
356.
Returns
of
compensation;
conclusiveness;
failure to make.
357.
Free transportation.
358.
Contributions.
359.
Penalties.
360.
Railroad unemployment insurance account.
361.
Railroad unemployment insurance adminis-
tration fund.
362.
Duties and powers of Board.
363.
Exclusiveness of provisions; transfers from
State
unemployment
compensation
ac-
counts to railroad unemployment insurance
account.
363a.
Refunds of State unemployment contribu-
tions by employees; amount; application pe-
riod; definitions.
364.
District of Columbia account, transfer of
funds to railroad unemployment insurance
account.
365.
Omitted.
366.
Separability.
366a.
Effec
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TITLE 45—RAILROADS
§ 907
ABOLITION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AND
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and func-
tions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise
provided in Pub. L. 104–88, to Surface Transportation
Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 1302 of Title 49,
Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104–88, set
out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49. References
to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to
Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee
of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appro-
priate, see section 205 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a
note under section 1301 of Title 49.
§ 907. Railroad hiring
Each person who is an employee of the Mil-
waukee Railroad on September 30, 1979, and who
is separated or furloughed from his employment
with such railroad (other than for cause) prior
to April 1, 1984, as a result of a reduction of serv-
ice by such railroad shall, unless found to be less
qualified than other applicants, have the first
right of hire by any other rail carrier that is
subject to regulation by the Commission for any
vacancy that is not covered by (1) an affirmative
action plan, or a hiring plan designed to elimi-
nate discrimination, that is required by Federal
or State statute, regulation, or executive order,
or by the order of a Federal court or agency, or
(2) a permissible voluntary affirmative action
plan. For purposes of this section, a rail carrier
shall not be considered to be hiring new employ-
ees when it recalls any of its own furloughed
employees.
(Pub. L. 96–101, § 8, Nov. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 740; Pub.
L. 97–468, title II, § 236(a), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat.
2547.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1983—Pub. L. 97–468 substitute
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