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[CITE: 45USC797l]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                CHAPTER 16--REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION
 
                 SUBCHAPTER VII--PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 797l. Class II railroads receiving Federal assistance

    The Surface Transportation Board shall impose no labor protection 
conditions in approving an application under section 10902 of title 49 
when the application involves a Class II rail carrier which--
        (1) is headquartered in a State, and operates in at least one 
    State, with a population of less than 1,000,000 persons, as 
    determined by the 1990 census; and
        (2) has, as of January 1, 1996, been a recipient of repayable 
    Federal Railroad Administration assistance in excess of $5,000,000.

(Pub. L. 93-236, title VII, Sec. 713, as added Pub. L. 104-88, title 
III, Sec. 327(5)(A), formerly Sec. 327(5), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 952, 
renumbered Pub. L. 104-287, Sec. 6(f)(4)(B), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3399.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 797l, Pub. L. 93-236, title VII, Sec. 713, as added 
Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, Sec. 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 668, 
authorized appropriations to carry out activities for protection of 
employees of Consolidated Rail Corporation, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 
99-509, title IV, Sec. 4033(a)(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1908.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104-88, set 
out as a note under section 701 of Title 49, Transportation.
