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[CITE: 45USC728]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                CHAPTER 16--REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION
 
            SUBCHAPTER II--UNITED STATES RAILWAY ASSOCIATION
 
Sec. 728. Reports to Congress


(a) Progress and evaluation

    (1) The Association shall prepare and submit to Congress periodic 
reports on the progress of the Secretary in carrying out the provisions 
of subchapters II, III, and IV \1\ of this chapter.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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    (2) Reports submitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall 
also include an evaluation of the performance of the Corporation in 
order to keep the Congress informed as to matters which may affect the 
quality of rail service in the Northeast and which may affect the 
security of Federal funds invested in the Corporation.

(b) Transfer agreements

    (1) The Association shall prepare and submit to Congress a final 
report on the transfer agreements which the Secretary is required to 
transmit to Congress under section 767 \1\ of this title. Such report 
shall be submitted on the same date as the Secretary's transmittal of 
such agreements to Congress.
    (2) The report submitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection 
shall include an evaluation of the effect of the transfer agreements on 
rail service in the Northeast, railroad employees, the economy of the 
Region, other railroads in the Northeast and elsewhere, and any other 
matter which the Association considers appropriate. Such report shall 
also include recommendations with respect to approval, disapproval, or 
modification of the transfer agreements.

(Pub. L. 93-236, title II, Sec. 218, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, 
Sec. 1150(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 675.)

                       References in Text

    Subchapter IV of this chapter, including section 767 of this title, 
referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 99-
509, title IV, Sec. 4033(a)(1), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1908.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1169 of Pub. L. 97-35, 
set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.

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

    See section 1341 of this title.
