45 U.S.C. § 1102
Section 1102 · Statement of purpose
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 828 F. Supp. 1129 - Verdon v. Consolidated Rail Corp. (1993)
Most recently applied in National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (December 2022)
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It is therefore declared to be the purpose of the Congress in this subtitle to provide for—
(1) the removal by a date certain of the Federal Government's obligation to subsidize the freight operations of Conrail;
(2) transfer of Conrail commuter service responsibilities to one or more entities whose principal purpose is the provision of commuter service; and
(3) an orderly return of Conrail freight service to the private sector.
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References in Text
This subtitle, referred to in text, is subtitle E (§§1131–1169) of title XI of Pub. L. 97–35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 643, as amended, known as the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981. For complete classification of this subtitle to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.