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45 U.S.C. § 797h — Employee and personal injury claims
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**(a) Liability for employee claims** In all cases of claims, prior to April 1, 1976, by employees, arising under the collective bargaining agreements of the railroads in reorganization in the Region, and subject to [section 153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section153&num=0&edition=prelim), the Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or an acquiring carrier, as the case may be, shall assume responsibility for the processing of any such claims, and payment of those which are sustained or settled on or subsequent to the date of conveyance, under [section 743(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section743/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim), and shall be entitled to direct reimbursement from the Association pursuant to [section 721(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section721/h&num=0&edition=prelim), to the extent that such claims are determined by the Association to be the obligation of a railroad in reorganization in the Region. Any liability of an estate of a railroad in reorganization to its employees which is assumed, processed, and paid pursuant to this subsection by the Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or an acquiring carrier shall remain the preconveyance obligation of the estate of such railroad for purposes of [section 721(h)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section721/h/1&num=0&edition=prelim). The Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, an acquiring carrier, or the Association, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a direct claim as a current expense of administration, in accordance with the prov
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**(a) Liability for employee claims** In all cases of claims, prior to April 1, 1976, by employees, arising under the collective bargaining agreements of the railroads in reorganization in the Region, and subject to [section 153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section153&num=0&edition=prelim), the Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or an acquiring carrier, as the case may be, shall assume responsibility for the processing of any such claims, and payment of those which are sustained or settled on or subsequent to the date of conveyance, under [section 743(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section743/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim), and shall be entitled to direct reimbursement from the Association pursuant to [section 721(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section721/h&num=0&edition=prelim), to the extent that such claims are determined by the Association to be the obligation of a railroad in reorganization in the Region. Any liability of an estate of a railroad in reorganization to its employees which is assumed, processed, and paid pursuant to this subsection by the Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or an acquiring carrier shall remain the preconveyance obligation of the estate of such railroad for purposes of [section 721(h)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section721/h/1&num=0&edition=prelim). The Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, an acquiring carrier, or the Association, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a direct claim as a current expense of administration, in accordance with the provisions of [section 721(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section721/h&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than paragraph (4)(A) thereof), for reimbursement (including costs and expenses of processing such claims) from the estate of the railroad in reorganization on whose behalf such obligations are discharged or paid. In those cases in which claims for employees were sustained or settled prior to such date of conveyance, it shall be the obligation of the employees to seek satisfaction against the estate of the railroads in reorganization which were their former employers.
**(b) Assumption of personal injury claims** All cases or claims by employees or their personal representatives for personal injuries or death against a railroad in reorganization in the Region arising prior to the date of conveyance of rail properties, pursuant to [section 743 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section743&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be assumed by the Corporation or an acquiring railroad, as the case may be. The Corporation or the acquiring railroad shall process and pay any such claims that are sustained or settled, and shall be entitled to direct reimbursement from the Association pursuant to [section 721(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section721/h&num=0&edition=prelim), to the extent that such claims are determined by the Association or its successor authority to be the obligation of such railroad. Any liability of an estate of a railroad in reorganization which is assumed, processed, and paid, pursuant to this subsection, by the Corporation or an acquiring railroad shall remain the preconveyance obligation of the estate of such railroad for purposes of [section 721(h)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section721/h/1&num=0&edition=prelim). The Corporation, an acquiring railroad, or the Association, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a direct claim as a current expense of administration, in accordance with the provisions of [section 721(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section721/h&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than paragraph (4)(A) thereof), for reimbursement (including costs and expenses of processing such claims) from the estate of the railroad in reorganization on whose behalf such obligations were discharged or paid.
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**(a) Deposit with court** Within 10 days after delivery of a certified copy of a final system plan pursuant to [section 719(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section719/c&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) the Corporation, in exchange for the rail properties of the railroads in reorganization in the region and of railroads leased, operated, or controlled by railroads in reorganization in the region to be transferred to the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof, shall deposit with the special court all of the stock and other securities of the Corporation and certificates of value issued by the Association designated in the final system plan to be exchanged for such rail properties;
(2) each profitable railroad operating in the region and each state or responsible person (including a government entity) purchasing rail properties from a railroad in reorganization in the region, or from a railroad leased, operated, or controlled by a railroad in reorganization in the region, as provided in the final system plan shall deposit with the special court the compensation to be paid for such rail properties.
**(b) Conveyance of rail properties**
(1) The special court shall, within 10 days after deposit under subsection (a) of this section of the securities of the Corporation, certificates of value issued by the Association, and compensation from the profitable railroads operating in the region, States, and responsible persons, order the trustee or trustees of each railroad in reorganization in the region to convey forthwith to the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof, the respective profitable railroads operating in the region, States, and responsible persons all right, title, and interest in the rail properties of such railroad in
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**(a) Abolition and termination**
(1) Effective April 1, 1987, the United States Railway Association is abolished.
(2) On January 1, 1987, all powers, duties, rights, and obligations of such association relating to the Corporation under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 ([45 U.S.C. 701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) shall be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation.
(3) The sole function of the United States Railway Association after January 1, 1987, shall be the termination of its affairs and the liquidation of its assets.
**(b) Transfer of securities and responsibilities**
(1) Any securities of the Corporation held by the United States Railway Association shall, upon 11 So in original. Probably should be “on”. October 21, 1986, be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation.
(2) If, on the date the United States Railway Association is abolished under subsection (a), such association shall not have completed the termination of its affairs and the liquidation of its assets, the duty of completing such winding up of its affairs and liquidation shall be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation, who for such purposes shall succeed to all remaining powers, duties, rights, and obligations of such association.
**(c) Financing agreement**
(1) On January 1, 1987, the Amended and Restated Financing Agreement, dated May 10, 1979, between the United States Railway Association and the Corporation, together with any and all rights and obligations of or on behalf of any person with respect to such agreement, shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, except for those provisions specifying terms and conditions for payments made to the United States with respect
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**(a) Establishment** There shall be established within 300 days after January 2, 1974, in accordance with the provisions of this section, a corporation to be known as the Consolidated Rail Corporation or such other corporate name as may be duly adopted by the Corporation.
**(b) Status** The Corporation shall be a for-profit corporation established under the laws of a State and shall not be an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government. The Corporation shall be deemed a rail carrier subject to part A of subtitle IV of title 49, shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and, to the extent not inconsistent with such Act and subtitle IV of title 49, shall be subject to applicable State law. The principal office of the Corporation or of its principal railroad operating subsidiary shall be located in Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
**(c) Incorporators**
(1) The members of the executive committee of the Association shall be the incorporators of the Corporation and shall take whatever steps are necessary to establish the Corporation, including the filing of articles of incorporation.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of State law, after February 5, 1976, the members of the executive committee of the Association (including duly authorized representatives of members who are authorized by this chapter to be represented) and the chief executive officer and chief operating officer of the Corporation shall adopt the bylaws of the Corporation and serve as the Board of Directors of the Corporation until all members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation have been selected in accordance with subsection (d) of this section. The chief executive officer shall serve as chairman of such Board until a chairman thereof is selected pursuant to subsecti
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TITLE 45—RAILROADS
§ 797g
1 See References in Text note below.
ment, or facilities which has been performed by
practice or agreement in accordance with provi-
sions of the existing contracts in effect with the
representatives of the employees of the classes
or crafts involved shall continue to be performed
by the Corporation’s employees, including em-
ployees on furlough. Should the Corporation
lack a sufficient number of employees, including
employees on furlough, and be unable to hire ad-
ditional employees, to perform the work re-
quired, it shall be permitted to subcontract that
part of such work which cannot be performed by
its employees, including those on furlough, ex-
cept where agreement by the representatives of
the employees of the classes or crafts involved is
required
by
applicable
collective-bargaining
agreements. The term ‘‘unable to hire additional
employees’’ as used in this section contemplates
establishment and maintenance by the Corpora-
tion of an apprenticeship, training, or recruit-
ment program to provide an adequate number of
skilled employees to perform the work.
(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L.
97–35, title XI, § 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat.
665.)
§ 797g. New collective-bargaining agreements
(a) Agreement
Not later than 60 days after the effective date
of any conveyance pursuant to the provisions of
this chapter, the representatives of the various
classes or crafts of employees of a railroad in re-
organization involved in a conveyance and rep-
resentatives of the Corporation shall commence
negotiation of a new single collective bargaining
agreement for each class and craft of employees
covering the rate of pay, rules, and working con-
ditions of employees who are the employees of
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