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[CITE: 45USC797k]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                CHAPTER 16--REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION
 
                 SUBCHAPTER VII--PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 797k. Factfinding panel


(a) Purpose

    The Corporation shall enter into collective bargaining agreements 
with its employees which provide for the establishment of one or more 
advisory factfinding panels, chaired by a neutral expert in industrial 
relations, for purposes of recommending changes in operating practices 
and procedures which result in greater productivity to the maximum 
extent practicable.

(b) National Mediation Board

    The National Mediation Board shall appoint public members to any 
panel established by an agreement entered into under this subparagraph, 
and shall perform such functions contained in the agreement as are 
consistent with the duties of such Board under the Railway Labor Act [45 
U.S.C. 151 et seq.].

(c) Other functions

    The factfinding panel may, before making its report to the parties, 
provide mediation, conciliation, and other assistance to the parties.

(Pub. L. 93-236, title VII, Sec. 712, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, 
Sec. 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 668.)

                       References in Text

    The Railway Labor Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act May 20, 
1926, ch. 347, 44 Stat. 577, as amended, which is classified principally 
to chapter 8 (Sec. 151 et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 151 of this title 
and Tables.
