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45 U.S.C. § 1103 — Goals and objectives
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It is the goal of this subtitle to provide Conrail the opportunity to become profitable through the achievement of the following objectives:
(1) **Nonagreement personnel**
(A) Employees who are not subject to collective bargaining agreements (hereafter in this section referred to as “nonagreement personnel”) should forego wage increases and benefits in an amount proportionately equivalent to the amount foregone by agreement employees pursuant to paragraph (4) of this section, adjusted annually to reflect inflation.
(B) After May 1, 1981, the number of nonagreement personnel should be reduced proportionately to any reduction in agreement employees (excluding reductions pursuant to the termination program under [section 797a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section797a&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) **Suppliers** — To facilitate the orderly movement of goods in interstate commerce, materials and services should continue to be available to Conrail, under normal business practices, including the provision of credit and normal financing arrangements.
(3) **Shippers** — Conrail should utilize the revenue opportunities available to it under the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 and subtitle IV of title 49.
(4) **Agreement employees**
(A) Conrail should enter into collective bargaining agreements with its employees which would reduce Conrail’s costs in an amount equal to $200,000,000 a year, beginning April 1, 1981, adjusted annually to reflect inflation.
(B) Agreements under this subparagraph may provide for reductions in wage increases and for changes in fringe benefits common to agreement employees, including vacations and holidays.
(C) The cost reductions required under this subparagraph in the first year of the agr
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It is the goal of this subtitle to provide Conrail the opportunity to become profitable through the achievement of the following objectives:
(1) **Nonagreement personnel**
(A) Employees who are not subject to collective bargaining agreements (hereafter in this section referred to as “nonagreement personnel”) should forego wage increases and benefits in an amount proportionately equivalent to the amount foregone by agreement employees pursuant to paragraph (4) of this section, adjusted annually to reflect inflation.
(B) After May 1, 1981, the number of nonagreement personnel should be reduced proportionately to any reduction in agreement employees (excluding reductions pursuant to the termination program under [section 797a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section797a&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) **Suppliers** — To facilitate the orderly movement of goods in interstate commerce, materials and services should continue to be available to Conrail, under normal business practices, including the provision of credit and normal financing arrangements.
(3) **Shippers** — Conrail should utilize the revenue opportunities available to it under the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 and subtitle IV of title 49.
(4) **Agreement employees**
(A) Conrail should enter into collective bargaining agreements with its employees which would reduce Conrail’s costs in an amount equal to $200,000,000 a year, beginning April 1, 1981, adjusted annually to reflect inflation.
(B) Agreements under this subparagraph may provide for reductions in wage increases and for changes in fringe benefits common to agreement employees, including vacations and holidays.
(C) The cost reductions required under this subparagraph in the first year of the agreement may be deferred, but the aggregate cost reductions should be no less than an average of $200,000,000 per year for each of the first three one-year periods beginning April 1, 1981.
(D) The amount of cost reductions provided under this paragraph shall be calculated by subtracting the cost of an agreement entered into under this paragraph from (i) the cost that would otherwise result from the application of the national agreement reached by railroad industry and its employees, or (ii) until such national agreement is reached, the cost which the United States Railway Association estimates would result from the application of such a national agreement.
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The Congress finds and declares that—
(1) the processes set in motion by 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.] have failed to create a self-sustaining railroad system in the Northeast region of the United States and have cost United States taxpayers many billions of dollars over original estimates;
(2) current arrangements for the provision of rail freight and commuter service in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States are inadequate to meet the transportation needs of the public and the needs of national security;
(3) although the Federal Government has provided billions of dollars in assistance for Conrail and its employees, the Federal interest in ensuring the flow of interstate commerce through rail service in the private sector has not been achieved, and the protection of interstate commerce requires Federal intervention to preserve essential rail service in the private sector;
(4) the provisions for protection of employees of bankrupt railroads contained in 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.] have resulted in the payment of benefits far in excess of levels anticipated at the time of enactment, have imposed an excessive fiscal burden on the Federal taxpayer, and are now an obstacle to the establishment of improved rail service and continued rail employment in the Northeast region of the United States; and
(5) since holding Conrail liable for employee protection payments would destroy its prospects of becoming a profitable carrier and further injure its employees, an alternative
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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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In regulating the railroad industry, it is the policy of the United States Government—
(1) to allow, to the maximum extent possible, competition and the demand for services to establish reasonable rates for transportation by rail;
(2) to minimize the need for Federal regulatory control over the rail transportation system and to require fair and expeditious regulatory decisions when regulation is required;
(3) to promote a safe and efficient rail transportation system by allowing rail carriers to earn adequate revenues, as determined by the Board;
(4) to ensure the development and continuation of a sound rail transportation system with effective competition among rail carriers and with other modes, to meet the needs of the public and the national defense;
(5) to foster sound economic conditions in transportation and to ensure effective competition and coordination between rail carriers and other modes;
(6) to maintain reasonable rates where there is an absence of effective competition and where rail rates provide revenues which exceed the amount necessary to maintain the rail system and to attract capital;
(7) to reduce regulatory barriers to entry into and exit from the industry;
(8) to operate transportation facilities and equipment without detriment to the public health and safety;
(9) to encourage honest and efficient management of railroads;
(10) to require rail carriers, to the maximum extent practicable, to rely on individual rate increases, and to limit the use of increases of general applicability;
(11) to encourage fair wages and safe and suitable working conditions in the railroad industry;
(12) to prohibit predatory pricing and practices, to avoid undue concentrations of market power, and to prohibit unlawful discrimination;
(13) to ensure the av
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**(a) General** The Corporation may terminate the employment of certain employees, in accordance with this section, upon the payment of an allowance of $350 for each month of active service with the Corporation or with a railroad in reorganization, but in no event may any such termination allowance exceed $25,000.
**(b) Employment needs** Within 90 days after August 13, 1981, the Corporation shall determine, for each location, the number of employees that the Corporation intends to separate under subsection (a) of this section.
**(c) Notification and separation procedure**
(1) Within 90 days after August 13, 1981, the Corporation shall notify its employees of their rights and responsibilities under this section.
(2) Within 90 days after August 13, 1981, the Corporation shall notify each train and engine service employee eligible to be separated under paragraph (3) that such employee may be entitled to receive a separation payment under this section if such employee files a written request to be separated. Such notice may be revised from time to time.
(3) If the number of employees who request to be separated pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection is greater, in engine service at any location, than the number of excess firemen at the location, and in train service at the location than the number of excess second and third brakemen, as determined by the Corporation, the Corporation shall separate the employees described in paragraph (2) of this subsection in order of seniority beginning with the most senior employee, until the excess firemen and second and third brakemen positions at that location, as determined by the Corporation, have been eliminated.
**(d) Designated separations** If the number of employees who are separated pursuant to subsection (c)(3) is
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TITLE 45—RAILROADS
§ 1103
AMENDMENTS
1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–620 struck out provision
requiring the court to render a final decision no later
than 60 days after the filing of the last such appeal.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–620 not applicable to cases
pending on Nov. 8, 1984, see section 403 of Pub. L. 98–620,
set out as a note under section 1657 of Title 28, Judici-
ary and Judicial Procedure.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Oct. 14, 1980, see section 710(d) of
Pub. L. 96–448, set out as an Effective Date of 1980
Amendment note under section 1170 of Title 11, Bank-
ruptcy.
CHAPTER 20—NORTHEAST RAIL SERVICE
Sec.
1101.
Congressional findings and declarations.
1102.
Statement of purpose.
1103.
Goals and objectives.
1104.
Definitions.
1105.
Judicial review.
1106.
Exemption from transfer taxes and fees; rec-
ordation.
1107.
Repealed.
1108.
Concerted economic action.
1109.
Effectuation of cost reductions.
1110, 1111. Repealed.
1112.
Interstate
Commerce
Commission
pro-
ceedings.
1113.
Intercity passenger service.
1114.
Repealed.
1115.
Redemption of stock.
1116.
Applicability of other laws.
§ 1101. Congressional findings and declarations
The Congress finds and declares that—
(1) the processes set in motion by the Re-
gional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 [45
U.S.C. 701 et seq.] have failed to create a self-
sustaining railroad system in the Northeast
region of the United States and have cost
United States taxpayers many billions of dol-
lars over original estimates;
(2) current arrangements for the provision of
rail freight and commuter service in the
Northeast and Midwest regions of the United
States are inadequate to meet the transpor-
t
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