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[CITE: 45USC1001]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
          CHAPTER 19--ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 1001. Congressional findings

    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.

(Pub. L. 96-254, title I, Sec. 102, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 399.)


                               Short Title

    Section 101 of title I of Pub. L. 96-254 provided that: ``This title 
[enacting this chapter, amending sections 231f, 726, 825, 902, 911, 913, 
and 916 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under 
this section] may be cited as the `Rock Island Railroad Transition and 
Employee Assistance Act'.''


                            Savings Provision

    Section 125, formerly Sec. 124, of title I of Pub. L. 96-254, 
renumbered Pub. L. 96-448, title VII, Sec. 701(a)(1), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 
Stat. 1959, provided that: ``If any provision of this title [see Short 
Title note above] or the application thereof to any person or 
circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this title and the 
application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall 
not be affected thereby.''
