45 USC § 797l - Class II railroads receiving Federal assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t45/s797l"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "45 USC § 797l - Class II railroads receiving Federal assistance"
title_number: 45
title_name: "RAILROADS"
section_number: "797l"
section_name: "Class II railroads receiving Federal assistance"
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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 713, as added Pub. L. 104–88, title III, § 327(5)(A), formerly § 327(5), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 952, renumbered Pub. L. 104–287, § 6(f)(4)(B), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3399.)"
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# § 797l. Class II railroads receiving Federal assistance

The Surface Transportation Board shall impose no labor protection conditions in approving an application under section 10902 of title 49 when the application involves a Class II rail carrier which—

**(1)** is headquartered in a State, and operates in at least one State, with a population of less than 1,000,000 persons, as determined by the 1990 census; and

**(2)** has, as of January 1, 1996, been a recipient of repayable Federal Railroad Administration assistance in excess of $5,000,000.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 713, as added Pub. L. 104–88, title III, § 327(5)(A), formerly § 327(5), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 952, renumbered Pub. L. 104–287, § 6(f)(4)(B), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3399.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 797, , as added , , , authorized appropriations to carry out activities for protection of employees of Consolidated Rail Corporation, prior to repeal by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under , Transportation.