Federal
Title 45 — Railroads
294 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 701 — Congressional declaration of policy
- § 702 — Definitions
- § 71 to 74 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b) , July 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 1379
- § 711 — Formation and structure
- § 712 — Functions of Association
- § 713 — Access to information
- § 714 — Omitted
- § 715 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–473, § 4(b) , Oct. 17, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1466
- § 716 — Final system plan
- § 717 — Adoption of final system plan
- § 718 — Review by Congress
- § 719 — Judicial review
- § 720 — Obligations of Association
- § 721 — Loans
- § 722 — Records, audit, and examination
- § 723 — Emergency assistance pending implementation
- § 724 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 725 — Interim agreements
- § 726 — Debentures and series A preferred stock
- § 727 — Additional purchases of Series A preferred stock
- § 728 — Reports to Congress
- § 729 — Advisory Board
- § 741 — Formation and structure
- § 742 — Powers and duties of Corporation
- § 743 — Valuation and conveyance of rail properties
- § 744 — Termination and continuation of rail services
- § 744a — End of Conrail commuter service obligation
- § 745 — Continuing reorganization; supplemental transactions
- § 746 — Certificates of value
- § 747 — Protection of Federal funds
- § 748 — Abandonments
- § 75, 76 — Transferred
- § 761 to 769c — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, § 4033(a)(1) , Oct. 21, 1986 , 100 Stat. 1908
- § 771 to 780 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1144(a)(1) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 669
- § 791 — Relationship to other laws
- § 792 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–375, title I, § 111(b) , Dec. 21, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1821
- § 793 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–473, § 4(b) , Oct. 17, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1466 ; Pub. L. 97–449, § 4(b)(2) , Jan. 12, 1983 , 96 Stat. 2441 , eff. Oct. 17, 1978
- § 794 — Tax payments to States
- § 797 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, § 4024(c) , Oct. 21, 1986 , 100 Stat. 1904
- § 797a — Termination allowance
- § 797b — Preferential hiring
- § 797c — Central register of railroad employment
- § 797d — Election and treatment of benefits
- § 797e — Assignment of work
- § 797f — Contracting out
- § 797g — New collective-bargaining agreements
- § 797h — Employee and personal injury claims
- § 797i — Limitations on liability
- § 797j — Preemption
- § 797k — Factfinding panel
- § 797l — Class II railroads receiving Federal assistance
- § 797m — Arbitration
- § 801 — Declaration of policy
- § 802 — Definitions
- § 803 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–449, § 7(b) , Jan. 12, 1983 , 96 Stat. 2443
- § 81 to 92 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b) , July 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 1379
- § 821 to 823 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title I, § 21301(b)(1)(A) , Nov. 15, 2021 , 135 Stat. 683
- § 824, 825 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7203(a)(1) , (2), June 9, 1998 , 112 Stat. 471 , 477
- § 825a — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, § 4033(c)(6) , Oct. 21, 1986 , 100 Stat. 1909
- § 826 to 830 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7203(a)(2) , June 9, 1998 , 112 Stat. 477
- § 831 — Transferred
- § 832 to 834 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7203(a)(2) , June 9, 1998 , 112 Stat. 477
- § 835 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–375, title I, § 111(d) , Dec. 21, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1821 ; Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7203(a)(2) , June 9, 1998 , 112 Stat. 477
- § 836 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title I, § 21301(b)(1)(A) , Nov. 15, 2021 , 135 Stat. 683
- § 837, 838 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7203(a)(2) , June 9, 1998 , 112 Stat. 477
- § 851 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b) , July 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 1379
- § 852 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1188(e) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 699
- § 853 to 855 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b) , July 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 1379
- § 856 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–429, § 7(a)(1) , Oct. 31, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4388
- § 901 — Congressional findings
- § 902 — Definitions
- § 903 — Sales and transfers
- § 904 — Court approved abandonments and sales
- § 905 — Employee or employee-shipper ownership plan
- § 906 — Guarantee of trustee certificates
- § 907 — Railroad hiring
- § 908 — Employee protection agreements
- § 909 — Supplementary unemployment insurance
- § 910 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1144(b) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 669
- § 911 — New career training assistance
- § 912 — Election
- § 913 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 914 — Obligation guarantees
- § 915 — Court approved abandonment and sales in pending cases
- § 916 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–88, title III, § 328 , Dec. 29, 1995 , 109 Stat. 952
- § 917 — Applicability of National Environmental Policy Act
- § 918 — Authority of Railroad Retirement Board
- § 919 — Publications and reports
- § 920 — Continuation of service
- § 921 — Office of Rail Public Counsel
- § 922 — Employee stock ownership plan for surviving portion of Milwaukee Railroad
- § 92a — Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53 , 70A Stat. 641
- § 93 — Transferred
- § 94, 95 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b) , July 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 1379