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 1186 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 691. JUNE 21, 1934 . or controlled by or under common control with any carrier by rail- road and which operates any equipment or facilities or performs any service (other than trucking service) in connection with the transpor- tation, receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer in transit, refrigeration or icing, storage, and handling of property transported by railroad, and any receiver, trustee, or other individual or body, judicial or other- wise, when in the possession of the business of any such `carrier' Provided, however, That the ter m `carrier' s hall not incl ude any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steam-railroad system of transpor- tation, but shall not exclude any part of the general steam-railroad system of transportation now or hereafter operated by any other Interstate Commerce motive power. T he I nte rsta te Comm erce Co mmis sion is her eby Commission to deter- mine, when requested. authorized and directed upon request of the Mediation 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. "Second . The term `Adjustment Board' means the National Railroad Adjustment Board created by this Act . " Third. The term `Mediation Board' means the National Media- tion Board created by this Act. "Fourth . The term `commerce' means commerce among the several States or between any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia and any foreign nation, or between any Territory or the District of Columbia and any State, or between any Territory and any other Territory, or between any Territory and the District of Columbia, or within any Territory or the District of Columbia, or between points in the same State but through any other State or any Territory or the District of Columbia or any foreign nation . "Fifth. The term `employee' as used herein includes every person in the service of a carrier (subject to its continuing authority to supervise and direct the manner of rendition of his service) who performs any work defined as that of an employee or subordinate official in the orders of the Inters tate Commerce Commission no w in effect, and as the same may be amended or interpreted by orders hereafter entered b y the Commission pursuant to the authority which is hereby conferred upon it to enter orders amending or interpreting such existing orders : Provided, however, That no occu- pational classification made by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be construed to define the crafts according to which railway employees may be organized by their voluntary action, nor shall the jurisdiction or powers of such employee organi- zations be regarded as in any way limited or defined by the provisions of this Act or by the orders of the Commission. " Si xt h . The ter m `representat ive' means an y person or p ersons, labor union, organization, or corporation designated either by a carrier or group of carriers or by its or their employees, to act for it or them. " Seventh. The term `district court' includes the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia ; and the term `circuit court of appeals' includes the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. "This Act may be cited as the `Railway Labor Act' ." SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act is amended to read as follows Proviso. Street railways ex- cluded. Exception. "Adjustment Board ." "Media tion Bo ard ." "Commerce ." "Employee . " Proviso. Emp loy ee org ani za- tions not limited. " Representative . " "Dist rict court ." "Circuit court of ap- peals", includes Court o f App eals, Dist rict of Columbia. Citation of Act. Ame ndments. General purposes. To avoid interrup- ti on to c ommerce and to operation of carrier. " GENERAL PURPOSES "SEC. 2. The purposes of the Act are : (1) To avoid any interrup- tion to commerce or to the operation of any carrier engaged therein ;