Title 45, RailroadsRelease 119-102

§922 Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Surviving Portion of Milwaukee Railroad

Title 45 › CHAPTER 18 — MILWAUKEE RAILROAD RESTRUCTURING › § 922

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If part of the Milwaukee Railroad keeps running after the event in section 920(b), any federal help under the Emergency Rail Services Act or other federal laws must be tied to a real effort by the trustee, the railroad, or both to set up an employee stock ownership plan. That plan must include buying or otherwise acquiring qualifying Milwaukee Railroad stock equal in value to 25 percent of the federal aid provided.

Full Legal Text

Title 45, §922

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If an event described in section 920(b) of this title occurs, resulting in the survival of less than the entire Milwaukee Railroad system, then any relief provided for such surviving Milwaukee Railroad system under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970 [45 U.S.C. 661 et seq.] or any other Federal legislation shall be conditioned upon good faith efforts by the trustee or the Milwaukee Railroad, or both, to establish an employee stock ownership plan which shall embrace the purchase or acquisition of qualifying employer securities of the Milwaukee Railroad equal in value to 25 per centum of the amount of such relief provided.

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The Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 91–663, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1975, which is classified generally to chapter 15 (§ 661 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 661 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

45 U.S.C. § 922

Title 45, Railroads

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102