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[CITE: 45USC744a]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                CHAPTER 16--REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION
 
Sec. 744a. End of Conrail commuter service obligation

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or contract, Conrail 
shall be relieved of any legal obligation to operate commuter service on 
January 1, 1983.

(Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, Sec. 1136, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 647.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
of 1981 and also as part of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, and 
not as part of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 which 
comprises this chapter.


                             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.


 Authorization of Appropriation To Facilitate Transfer of Rail Commuter 
 Service From Conrail to Other Operators; Standards for Distribution of 
                           Appropriated Funds

    Section 1139(b) of Pub. L. 97-35, as amended by Pub. L. 97-468, 
title V, Sec. 504(a), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2552, provided that:
    ``(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not 
to exceed $50,000,000, to facilitate the transfer of rail commuter 
services from Conrail to other operators. The Secretary shall by 
regulation prescribe standards for the obligation of such funds, and 
shall ensure that distribution of such funds is equitably made between 
Amtrak Commuter and the commuter authorities that operate commuter 
service. In providing for the distribution of such funds, the Secretary 
shall consider any particular adverse financial impact upon any commuter 
authority that results from the termination of any lease or agreement 
between such commuter authority and Conrail. Amounts appropriated under 
this section are authorized to remain available until October 1, 1986.
    ``(2) Any funds appropriated under the authority of this subsection 
shall be distributed by the Secretary to Amtrak Commuter and commuter 
authorities according to the statutory provisions of paragraph (1) of 
this subsection within 60 days after receipt of an application by Amtrak 
Commuter or such commuter authorities or within 60 days after the date 
of enactment of the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 
[Jan. 14, 1983], whichever is later.''
