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 PUBLIC LAW 94-555—OCT. 19, 1976

90 STAT. 2613

Public Law 94-555 94th Congress An Act To amend the Rail Passenger Service Act to provide financing for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, to amend the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to increase the amount of loan authority under section 211(Ii)(1) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it cna^'ted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, d i v i d e d i n to titles and s e c t i o n s a c c o r d i n g to the following t a b l e of c o n t e n t s, may be c i t e d a s the " R a i l Transportation Improvement Act'*. ' -^ 1 £TITLE I—AMTKAK IMPROVEMENT Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 103. Board membership. Sec. 104. Security guards. Sec. 105. Waste disposal. Sec. 106. Through routes and joint fares. Sec. 107. Cost computation. Sec. lOH. Hours of food service.

Uct. 19, 1976 [S. 3131]

Rail Transportation Improve™^"L^^1', 45 ug(^ 501 note.

TITLE II—RAIL AMENDMENTS Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

201. Short title. 202. Rail marine freight service; options. 203. Loans for payment of obligations. 204. Protection of employees' pension benefits. 205. Evidentiary use of certain determinations; reimbursement for rail service. 206. Authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission. 207. Replacement operators. 208. Collective bargaining and FELA claims. 209. P^mployee displacement allowance. 210. Noncontract employees. 211. United States Railway Association Board membership. 212. Financial assistance. 213. Priority of redeemable preference shares. 214. Redemption payments and interest rate. 215. Obligation guarantees. 216. Rehabilitation and financing amendments. 217. Northeast Corridor acquisitions. 218. Discontinuance and abandonment procedures. 219. Preservation of historical rail facilities. 220. Technical amendments. TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Environmental study. Sec. 302. Delmarva rail study. Sec. 303. Effective date. TITLE:

I—A.AITRAK

IMPROVEMENT

Amtrak improve-

ment Act of 1976. SHORT T I T I J i

SEC. 101. T h i s title may b e c i t e d a s the " A m t r a k Improvement Act 45 USC 501 note, of 1976". AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 102. (a) S e c t i o n 6 0 1 (a) of the R a i l P a s s e n g e r Service Act ( 4 5 U.S.C. 6 0 1 (a)) is amended by striking o u t the s e c o n d and t h i r d s e n -

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