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[CITE: 45USC1103]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                   CHAPTER 20--NORTHEAST RAIL SERVICE
 
Sec. 1103. Goals and objectives

    It is the goal of this subtitle to provide Conrail the opportunity 
to become profitable through the achievement of the following 
objectives:

                     (1) Nonagreement personnel

        (A) Employees who are not subject to collective bargaining 
    agreements (hereafter in this section referred to as ``nonagreement 
    personnel'') should forego wage increases and benefits in an amount 
    proportionately equivalent to the amount foregone by agreement 
    employees pursuant to paragraph (4) of this section, adjusted 
    annually to reflect inflation.
        (B) After May 1, 1981, the number of nonagreement personnel 
    should be reduced proportionately to any reduction in agreement 
    employees (excluding reductions pursuant to the termination program 
    under section 797a of this title).

                            (2) Suppliers

        To facilitate the orderly movement of goods in interstate 
    commerce, materials and services should continue to be available to 
    Conrail, under normal business practices, including the provision of 
    credit and normal financing arrangements.

                            (3) Shippers

        Conrail should utilize the revenue opportunities available to it 
    under the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 and subtitle IV of title 49.

                       (4) Agreement employees

        (A) Conrail should enter into collective bargaining agreements 
    with its employees which would reduce Conrail's costs in an amount 
    equal to $200,000,000 a year, beginning April 1, 1981, adjusted 
    annually to reflect inflation.
        (B) Agreements under this subparagraph may provide for 
    reductions in wage increases and for changes in fringe benefits 
    common to agreement employees, including vacations and holidays.
        (C) The cost reductions required under this subparagraph in the 
    first year of the agreement may be deferred, but the aggregate cost 
    reductions should be no less than an average of $200,000,000 per 
    year for each of the first three one-year periods beginning April 1, 
    1981.
        (D) The amount of cost reductions provided under this paragraph 
    shall be calculated by subtracting the cost of an agreement entered 
    into under this paragraph from (i) the cost that would otherwise 
    result from the application of the national agreement reached by 
    railroad industry and its employees, or (ii) until such national 
    agreement is reached, the cost which the United States Railway 
    Association estimates would result from the application of such a 
    national agreement.

(Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, Sec. 1134, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 645.)

                       References in Text

    This subtitle, referred to in text, is subtitle E (Secs. 1131-1169) 
of title XI of Pub. L. 97-35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 643, as amended, 
known as the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981. For complete 
classification of this subtitle to the Code, see Short Title note set 
out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.
    The Staggers Rail Act of 1980, referred to in par. (3), is Pub. L. 
96-448, Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1895, as amended. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1980 
Amendment note set out under section 10101 of Title 49, Transportation, 
and Tables.

Abolition of United States Railway Association and Transfer of Functions 
                             and Securities

    See section 1341 of this title.
