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[CITE: 45USC907]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
              CHAPTER 18--MILWAUKEE RAILROAD RESTRUCTURING
 
Sec. 907. Railroad hiring

    Each person who is an employee of the Milwaukee Railroad on 
September 30, 1979, and who is separated or furloughed from his 
employment with such railroad (other than for cause) prior to April 1, 
1984, as a result of a reduction of service by such railroad shall, 
unless found to be less qualified than other applicants, have the first 
right of hire by any other rail carrier that is subject to regulation by 
the Commission for any vacancy that is not covered by (1) an affirmative 
action plan, or a hiring plan designed to eliminate discrimination, that 
is required by Federal or State statute, regulation, or executive order, 
or by the order of a Federal court or agency, or (2) a permissible 
voluntary affirmative action plan. For purposes of this section, a rail 
carrier shall not be considered to be hiring new employees when it 
recalls any of its own furloughed employees.

(Pub. L. 96-101, Sec. 8, Nov. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 740; Pub. L. 97-468, 
title II, Sec. 236(a), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2547.)


                               Amendments

    1983--Pub. L. 97-468 substituted ``April 1, 1984'' for ``April 1, 
1981''.

  Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions

    Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission 
transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104-88, to Surface 
Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 702 of Title 49, 
Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note 
under section 701 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce 
Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or 
employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, 
see section 205 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note under section 701 
of Title 49.


Exemption of National Railroad Passenger Corporation in Hiring Qualified 
                       Train and Engine Employees

    Section inapplicable to National Railroad Passenger Corporation in 
hiring of qualified train and engine employees holding seniority rights 
to work in intercity rail passenger service in connection with the 
assumption by such Corporation of functions previously performed under 
contract by other carriers, see section 4011(c) of Pub. L. 99-272, set 
out as a note under section 797b of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 797b, 797c, 919, 1004 of 
this title.
