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 PUBLIC LAW 96-254—MAY 30, 1980

94 STAT. 399

Public Law 96-254 96th Congress An Act To amend the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to authorize additional appropriations for the Northeast Corridor improvement project and to require the Secretary of Transportation to begin development of energy efficient rail passenger corridors, to provide for the protection of the employees of the Rock Island Railroad, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I—ROCK ISLAND TRANSITION AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE SHORT TITLE

SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act". CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS

SEC. 102. Congress hereby finds that— (1) uninterrupted continuation of services over Rock Island lines is dependent on adequate employee protection provisions covering Rock Island Railroad employees who are not hired by other railroads; (2) for those Rock Island Railroad employees not hired by other rail carriers, there is no other practicable means of obtaining funds to meet the necessary costs of such employee protection that are assumed by the Rock Island Railroad; (3) a cessation of necessary operations of the Rock Island Railroad would have serious repercussions on the economies of the States in which such railroad principally operates; and (4) premature cessation of services over lines which are the subject of pending purchase application would result in harm to the shipping public and could imperil continuation of vital commuter service.

May 30, 1980 [S. 2253]

Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, amendment. Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act. 45 USC 1001 note. 45 USC 1001.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 103. As used in this title, the term— (1) "bankruptcy court" means the court having jurisdiction over the reorganization of the Rock Island Railroad; (2) "Board" means the Railroad Retirement Board; (3) "Commission" means the Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) "employee" includes any employee of the Rock Island Railroad as of August 1, 1979, but does not include any individual serving as president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, comptroller, counsel, member of the board of directors, or any other person performing such functions;

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