2011 US Code
Title 45 - Railroads
Chapter 3 - HOURS OF SERVICE OF EMPLOYEES (§§ 61 - 66)
Section 61 to 64b - Repealed. Pub. L. 103-272, §7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 45 - RAILROADS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 45 - RAILROADS CHAPTER 3 - HOURS OF SERVICE OF EMPLOYEES Secs. 61 to 64b - Repealed. Pub. L. 103-272, §7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379 |
| Contains | sections 61 to 64b |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | repealed |
| Short Titles | Hours of Service Act |
| Statutes at Large References | 34 Stat. 1415, 1416, 1417 39 Stat. 61 71 Stat. 352 80 Stat. 939 83 Stat. 463, 464, 465 90 Stat. 818, 819 92 Stat. 2459, 2461 94 Stat. 1816 102 Stat. 634, 635 106 Stat. 973 108 Stat. 1379 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 85-135, Public Law 89-670, Public Law 91-169, Public Law 94-348, Public Law 95-574, Public Law 96-423, Public Law 100-342, Public Law 102-365, Public Law 103-272 |
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Section 61, acts Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, §1, 34 Stat. 1415; Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91–169, §1, 83 Stat. 463; July 8, 1976, Pub. L. 94–348, §4(c), 90 Stat. 818; Nov. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95–574, §§5, 6, 92 Stat. 2461; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §16(1), 102 Stat. 634, provided that this chapter applied to any railroad and defined “railroad”, “employee”, “time on duty”, and “designated terminal” for purposes of this chapter. See sections 20102, 21101, and 21103 of Title 49, Transportation.
Section 62, acts Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, §2, 34 Stat. 1416; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, §6(e)(2), 80 Stat. 939; Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91–169, §1, 83 Stat. 463; July 8, 1976, Pub. L. 94–348, §4(a), (b), 90 Stat. 818; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §§16(2), 19(b)(1), 102 Stat. 634, 638, related to limitations on employees’ hours of service, determination of number of hours an employee is on duty, additional duty for crew of wreck or relief trains during emergencies, and inapplicability of this section when provisions of section 63 of this title applied, and defined “employees” for purpose of subsec. (a)(3) of this section. See sections 21103, 21105, and 21106 of Title 49.
Section 63, acts Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, §3, 34 Stat. 1416; May 4, 1916, ch. 109, §1, 39 Stat. 61; Aug. 14, 1957, Pub. L. 85–135, §2, 71 Stat. 352; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, §6(e)(2), 80 Stat. 939; Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91–169, §1, 83 Stat. 464; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §16(3), 102 Stat. 635, related to dispatchers’ hours of service. See section 21105 of Title 49.
Section 63a, acts Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, §3A, as added July 8, 1976, Pub. L. 94–348, §4(d), 90 Stat. 819; amended Nov. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95–574, §4(a), (b), 92 Stat. 2459, 2460; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §16(4), 102 Stat. 635, related to signal system employees’ hours of service. See sections 21102, 21104 to 21107, and 21303 of Title 49.
Section 64, acts Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, §4, 34 Stat. 1417; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, §6(e)(2), 80 Stat. 939; Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91–169, §1, 83 Stat. 464; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §16(5), 102 Stat. 635, provided that time on duty requirements of this chapter were maximum permissible hours of service, but shorter periods were proper subjects for collective bargaining. See section 21107 of Title 49.
Section 64a, acts Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, §5, 34 Stat. 1417; Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91–169, §1, 83 Stat. 464; July 8, 1976, Pub. L. 94–348, §4(e), 90 Stat. 819; Oct. 10, 1980, Pub. L. 96–423, §12, 94 Stat. 1816; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, §16(6), 102 Stat. 635; Sept. 3, 1992, Pub. L. 102–365, §§4(a)(2), (c)(2), 9(a)(2), 106 Stat. 973, 974, 977, related to manner of enforcing this chapter concerning hours of service of employees. See sections 21102, 21303, and 21304 of Title 49.
Section 64b, act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, §6, as added Dec. 26, 1969, Pub. L. 91–169, §1, 83 Stat. 465, provided that Secretary of Transportation was to have duty to carry out provisions of this chapter.
Short TitleAct Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2939, 34 Stat. 1415, which enacted this chapter and which was repealed by Pub. L. 103–272, §7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379, was popularly known as the “Hours of Service Act”.
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