45 USC § 797j - Preemption

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identifier: "/us/usc/t45/s797j"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "45 USC § 797j - Preemption"
title_number: 45
title_name: "RAILROADS"
section_number: "797j"
section_name: "Preemption"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2024-06-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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.)"
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# § 797j. Preemption

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.

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**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.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— struck out “, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or the Amtrak Commuter Services Corporation” before “to employ any”.