Title 45, RailroadsRelease 119-102
§1001 Congressional Findings
Title 45 › CHAPTER 19 — ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE › § 1001
Summary
Congress finds that keeping Rock Island train service running depends on protecting employees who were not hired by other railroads. For those workers, there is no practical way to get money to pay the needed protections except what the Rock Island Railroad assumes. Stopping Rock Island operations would hurt state economies. Ending service early on lines under a pending purchase would harm shippers and could threaten commuter service.
Full Legal Text
Title 45, §1001
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Congress hereby finds that—
(1)uninterrupted continuation of services over Rock Island lines is dependent on adequate employee protection provisions covering Rock Island Railroad employees who are not hired by other railroads;
(2)for those Rock Island Railroad employees not hired by other rail carriers, there is no other practicable means of obtaining funds to meet the necessary costs of such employee protection that are assumed by the Rock Island Railroad;
(3)a cessation of necessary operations of the Rock Island Railroad would have serious repercussions on the economies of the States in which such railroad principally operates; and
(4)premature cessation of services over lines which are the subject of pending purchase application would result in harm to the shipping public and could imperil continuation of vital commuter service.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 101, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 399, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter, amending section 231f, 726, 825, 902, 911, 913, and 916 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the ‘Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act’.”
Savings Provision
Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 125, formerly § 124, May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 409; renumbered § 125, Pub. L. 96–448, title VII, § 701(a)(1), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1959, provided that: “If any provision of this title [see
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note above] or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this title and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.”
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45 U.S.C. § 1001
Title 45, Railroads
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102