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49 USC § 20110 - Effect on employee qualifications and collective bargaining 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s20110"
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title: "49 USC § 20110 - Effect on employee qualifications and collective bargaining"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "20110"
section_name: "Effect on employee qualifications and collective bargaining"
chapter_number: 201
chapter_name: "GENERAL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "SAFETY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 868.)"
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# § 20110. Effect on employee qualifications and collective bargaining

This chapter does not—

**(1)** authorize the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations and issue orders related to qualifications of employees, except qualifications specifically related to safety; or

**(2)** prohibit the bargaining representatives of railroad carriers and their employees from making collective bargaining agreements under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), including agreements related to qualifications of employees, that are not inconsistent with regulations prescribed and orders issued under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 868.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 20110 | 45:431(a) (2d, last sentences). | Oct. 16, 1970, Pub. L. 91–458, § 202(a) (2d, last sentences), 84 Stat. 971. |

In clause (2), the words “railroad carriers” are substituted for “common carriers” for consistency in this part.

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Railway Labor Act, referred to in par. (2), is , , which is classified principally to chapter 8 (§ 151 et seq.) of Title 45, Railroads. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.