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[CITE: 45USC771]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                CHAPTER 16--REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER V--EMPLOYEE PROTECTION
 
Secs. 771 to 780. Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, 
        Sec. 1144(a)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 669
        
    Section 771, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 501, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 
Stat. 1012; Pub. L. 94-210, title VI, Secs. 607(i), 613, Feb. 5, 1976, 
90 Stat. 97, 112; Pub. L. 94-248, Sec. 5, Mar. 25, 1976, 90 Stat. 286; 
Pub. L. 94-555, title II, Sec. 207(a), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2621; 
Pub. L. 96-448, title V, Sec. 508(d), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1957, set 
forth provisions defining terms applicable to employee protection 
rights.
    Section 772, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 502, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 
Stat. 1013; Pub. L. 94-210, title VI, Sec. 614, Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 
112, set forth provisions respecting employment offers.
    Section 773, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 503, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 
Stat. 1014, related to assignment of work.
    Section 774, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 504, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 
Stat. 1014; Pub. L. 94-210, title VI, Sec. 615, Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 
113; Pub. L. 94-555, title II, Secs. 207(b), 208, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 
Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 96-448, title V, Sec. 506, Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 
1956, set forth provisions respecting collective bargaining agreements.
    Section 775, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 505, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 
Stat. 1015; Pub. L. 94-210, title VI, Sec. 616(a)-(g), Feb. 5, 1976, 90 
Stat. 115, 116; Pub. L. 94-555, title II, Secs. 209, 210, Oct. 19, 1976, 
90 Stat. 2623; Pub. L. 96-448, title V, Secs. 501-503, Oct. 14, 1980, 94 
Stat. 1948-1954, set forth provisions relating to employee protection 
programs.
    Section 776, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 506, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 
Stat. 1019, related to contracting out of work.
    Section 777, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 507, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 
Stat. 1020; Pub. L. 96-448, title V, Sec. 508(e), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 
Stat. 1957, related to arbitration of disputes or controversies.
    Section 778, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 508, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 
Stat. 1020; Pub. L. 94-210, title VI, Sec. 617, Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 
117, related to duties of acquiring and selling railroads.
    Section 779, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 509, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 
Stat. 1020; Pub. L. 94-210, title VI, Sec. 616(h), Feb. 5, 1976, 90 
Stat. 116; Pub. L. 94-555, title II, Sec. 207(c), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 
Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 96-448, title V, Sec. 504, Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 
1955, set forth provisions respecting benefit payments.
    Section 780, Pub. L. 93-236, title V, Sec. 510, as added Pub. L. 96-
448, title V, Sec. 505, Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1956, related to 
railroad hiring.


  Effective Date of Repeal; Continuation of Benefits After Repeal; Law 
      Governing Disputes; Prerequisites to Disbursement of Benefits

    Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, Sec. 1144(a)(2)-(4), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 
Stat. 669, provided that:
    ``(2) Notwithstanding the repeal made by paragraph (1) of this 
subsection [repealing this subchapter]--
        ``(A) benefits accrued as of the effective date of this 
    subsection as a result of events that occurred wholly prior to 
    October 1, 1981, shall be disbursed except as provided in paragraph 
    (3); and
        ``(B) any dispute or controversy regarding such benefits shall 
    be determined under the terms of the law in effect on the date the 
    claim arose.
    ``(3) Benefits shall not be disbursed under paragraph (2)(A) unless 
the employee has filed a claim for such benefits within 90 days after 
the date of repeal; except that, with respect to a claim which is the 
subject of or is based upon any arbitration decision issued after the 
date of repeal, such 90-day period shall not commence until such 
arbitration decision is issued to the employee and the employee's 
representative; and no benefits shall be disbursed unless appropriations 
for such purposes are or become available.
    ``(4) The provisions of this subsection shall take effect on the 
first day of the first month beginning after the date of enactment of 
this subtitle [Aug. 13, 1981].''


   Employee Protection Payments Under Former Provisions; Reimbursement

    Pub. L. 96-448, title V, Sec. 507, Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1956, 
provided that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Consolidated Rail Corporation and other employers with employees 
protected under this subchapter, until the effective date of Pub. L. 96-
448 [probably means Oct. 1, 1980, see section 710 of Pub. L. 96-448, set 
out as a note under section 1170 of Title 11, Bankruptcy], continue to 
make payments for employee protection under such Act, [probably means 
this subchapter] in accordance with the provisions of such Act [probably 
means this subchapter], which were in effect on Jan. 1, 1979, and that 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such Corporation and 
employers be reimbursed for such payments in accordance with former 
section 779(a) of this title.


                       Conrail Employee Protection

    Pub. L. 96-254, title II, Sec. 214, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 417, 
provided that the Consolidated Railroad Corporation make payments in 
accordance with this subchapter, and the United States Railway 
Association not, as a result of such payments, withhold any funds from 
the Corporation, and that this provision take effect as of Mar. 1, 1980, 
and remain in effect until the expiration of the 45-day period beginning 
on May 30, 1980, and after the expiration of such 45-day period, 
payments by the Consolidated Rail Corporation under this subchapter and 
funding of the Corporation by the United States Railway Association be 
governed by applicable law.
