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PUBLIC LAW 92-316-JUNE 22, 1972

[86 STAT.

SEC. 7. (a) Section 405(a) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (46 U.S.C. 565(a)) is amended to read as follows: ic /

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(a) A railroad shall provide lair and equitable arrangements to protect the interests of employees, including employees of terminal " D i s c o n t i n u a n c e companies, affected by a discontinuance of intercity rail passenger of intercity rail service whether occurring before, on, or after January 1, 1975. A 'dispas'senger'^s'e^v- continuance of intercity rail passenger service' shall include any ice discontinuance of service performed by railroad under any facility or service agreement under sections 305 and 402 of this Act pursuant to any modification or termination thereof or an assumption of operations by the Corporation.". (b) Section 405(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 565 (b)) is amended by inserting the following words after the words "affected employees" in the last sentence thereof: ", including affected terminal employees,". (c) Section 405(c) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 565(c)) is amended to read as follows: "(c) Upon commencement of operations in the basic system, the substantive requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall apply to the Corporation and its employees in order to insure the maintenance of the protective arrangements specified in such subsections, except that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to impose upon the Corporation any obligation of a railroad with respect to any right, privilege, or benefit earned by any employee as a result of prior service performed for such railroad. The Secretary of Labor shall certify that affected employees of the Corporation have been provided fair and equitable protection as required by this section within one hundred and eighty days after assumption of operations by the Corporation.". rate p r ior lreducedFree v i e g e s. g^c. 8. Section 405 of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 565) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) The Corporation shall take such action as may be necessary to assure that, to the maximum extent practicable, any railroad employee eligible to receive free or reduced-rate transportation by railroad on April 30, 1971, under the terms of any policy or agreement in effect on such date will be eligible to receive, provided space is available, free or reduced-rate transportation on any intercity rail passenger service provided by the Corporation under this Act, on terms similar to those available on such date to such railroad employee under such policy or agreement. However, the Corporation may apply to all railroad employees eligible to receive free or reduced-rate transportation under such policies or agreements, a single systemwide schedule of terms determined by the Corporation to reflect terms applicable to the majority of such employees under those policies or agreements in effect on April 30, 1971. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the railroads by way of payment or offset for such costs as may be incurred in providing transportation services to railroad employees under any policy or agreement referred to in the first sentence of this subsection, including the costs of implementing and administering this section. Within ninety days after the enactment of this sentence, each railroad shall enter into an agreement with the Corporation for the payment

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