Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110

§18302 Definitions

Title 40 › SUBTITLE VI — MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 183 — NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA INTEREST ARBITRATION STANDARDS › § 18302

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines three terms used here: arbitration, arbitrator, and interstate compact agency in the national capital area. Arbitration means settling job disputes that an interstate compact requires for that transit agency, but it does not include enforcing rights from an existing collective bargaining agreement. Arbitrator means a single person or a panel chosen under the rules. Interstate compact agency in the national capital area means a public transit agency formed by an interstate compact that the District of Columbia joined.

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Title 40, §18302

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In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1)Arbitration.—
The term “arbitration”—
(A)means the arbitration of disputes, regarding the terms and conditions of employment, that is required under an interstate compact governing an interstate compact agency operating in the national capital area; but
(B)does not include the interpretation and application of rights arising from an existing collective bargaining agreement.
(2)Arbitrator.— (3) Interstate compact agency operating in the national capital area.—
The term “arbitrator” refers to either a single arbitrator, or a board of arbitrators, chosen under applicable procedures.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1830240:1302(1), (2), (4), (5).Pub. L. 104–50, title IV, § 403(1), (2), (4), (5), Nov. 15, 1995, 109 Stat. 464. The text of 40:1302(4) and (5) is combined to eliminate unnecessary words.

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40 U.S.C. § 18302

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110