45 U.S.C. § 797J
Section 797j · Preemption
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. v. PUB. UTIL. COM'N (1984)
Most recently applied in Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission (July 1994)
No State may adopt or continue in force any law, rule, regulation, order, or standard requiring the Corporation to employ any specified number of persons to perform any particular task, function, or operation, or requiring the Corporation to pay protective benefits to employees, and no State in the Region may adopt or continue in force any such law, rule, regulation, order, or standard with respect to any railroad in the Region.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–272 struck out “, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or the Amtrak Commuter Services Corporation” before “to employ any”.