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[CITE: 45USC1302]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                    CHAPTER 22--CONRAIL PRIVATIZATION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1302. Purposes

    The purposes of this chapter are to transfer the interest of the 
United States in the common stock of the Corporation to the private 
sector in a manner that provides for the long-term viability of the 
Corporation, provides for the continuation by the Corporation of its 
rail service in the Northeast and Midwest, provides for the protection 
of the public interest in a sound rail transportation system, and, to 
the extent not inconsistent with such purposes, secures the maximum 
proceeds to the United States.

(Pub. L. 99-509, title IV, Sec. 4003, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1893.)
