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[CITE: 45USC920]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
              CHAPTER 18--MILWAUKEE RAILROAD RESTRUCTURING
 
Sec. 920. Continuation of service

    (a) Until the occurrence of an event described in subsection (b) of 
this section, the Milwaukee Railroad (1) shall maintain its entire 
railroad system, as it existed on October 15, 1979, (2) shall continue 
no less than the regular level of service provided by it as of that 
date, and (3) shall not embargo traffic (other than when necessitated by 
acts of God or safety requirements) or abandon or discontinue service 
over any part of its railroad system.
    (b) The Milwaukee Railroad shall comply with the requirements of 
subsection (a) of this section until--
        (1) an employee or employee-shipper ownership plan is not 
    submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission within the time 
    period prescribed under section 905(a) of this title;
        (2) the proposed plan is found by the Commission not to be 
    feasible or the Commission does not act within 30 days;
        (3) the proposed plan is found by the bankruptcy court not to be 
    fair and equitable to the estate of the Milwaukee Railroad; or
        (4) the plan is not implemented within the time period 
    prescribed under section 905(c) of this title.

(Pub. L. 96-101, Sec. 22, Nov. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 746.)

  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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 903, 904, 906, 922 of this 
title.
