2013 US Code
Title 45 - Railroads
Chapter 16 - REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION (§§ 701 - 797m)
Subchapter VII - PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 797 - 797m)
Section 797j - Preemption
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 45 - RAILROADS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 45 - RAILROADS CHAPTER 16 - REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION SUBCHAPTER VII - PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES Sec. 797j - Preemption |
| Contains | section 797j |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 93-236, title VII, §711, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, §1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 667; amended Pub. L. 103-272, §7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379. |
| Statutes at Large References | 95 Stat. 667 108 Stat. 1379 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 93-236, Public Law 97-35, Public Law 103-272 |
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No State may adopt or continue in force any law, rule, regulation, order, or standard requiring the Corporation to employ any specified number of persons to perform any particular task, function, or operation, or requiring the Corporation to pay protective benefits to employees, and no State in the Region may adopt or continue in force any such law, rule, regulation, order, or standard with respect to any railroad in the Region.
(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, §711, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, §1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 667; amended Pub. L. 103–272, §7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379.)
AMENDMENTS1994—Pub. L. 103–272 struck out ", the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or the Amtrak Commuter Services Corporation" before "to employ any".
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