§20110 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

Summary

Stops the Secretary of Transportation from making rules or orders about worker qualifications, except for qualifications that are about safety. Allows the people who bargain for railroad companies and for railroad employees to make collective bargaining agreements under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), including about qualifications, as long as those agreements do not conflict with rules or orders under this chapter.

Title 49, §20110

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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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2011045:431(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 act May 20, 1926, ch. 347, 44 Stat. 577, which is classified principally to chapter 8 (§ 151 et seq.) of Title 45, Railroads. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 151 of Title 45 and Tables.

§20110 Effect on Employee Qualifications and Collective Bargaining