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[CITE: 49USC20110]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--SAFETY
 
                          CHAPTER 201--GENERAL
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 20110. Effect on employee qualifications and collective 
        bargaining
        
    This chapter does not--
        (1) authorize the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe 
    regulations and issue orders related to qualifications of employees, 
    except qualifications specifically related to safety; or
        (2) prohibit the bargaining representatives of railroad carriers 
    and their employees from making collective bargaining agreements 
    under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), including 
    agreements related to qualifications of employees, that are not 
    inconsistent with regulations prescribed and orders issued under 
    this chapter.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 868.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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20110.................................  45:431(a) (2d, last sentences).  Oct. 1
6, 1970, Pub. L. 91-458, Sec.
                                                                          202(a
) (2d, last sentences), 84 Stat.
                                                                          971.
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    In clause (2), the words ``railroad carriers'' are substituted for 
``common carriers'' for consistency in this part.

                       References in Text

    The Railway Labor Act, referred to in par. (2), is act May 20, 1926, 
ch. 347, 44 Stat. 577, as amended, which is classified principally to 
chapter 8 (Sec. 151 et seq.) of Title 45, Railroads. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 151 of Title 45 and 
Tables.
