45 U.S.C. § 797i

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 797i - Limitations on liability

(a) Federal Government

The liability of the United States under an agreement entered into or benefit schedule prescribed under section 797 ¹ of this title or for payment of a termination allowance under section 797a of this title shall be limited to amounts appropriated under section 797l ¹ of this title.

(b) The Corporation

(1) The Corporation, Amtrak Commuter, and commuter authorities shall incur no liability under an agreement entered into or benefit schedule prescribed under section 797 ¹ of this title or for the payment of a termination allowance under section 797a of this title.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until April 1, 1984, the Corporation shall have no liability for employee protection in the event of a sale of any asset to a purchaser, and such purchaser shall assume the liability for the application of employee protection conditions imposed by the Commission for all employees adversely affected by such sale.

¹ See References in Text note below.

45 U.S.C. § 797i

Pub. L. 93-236, title VII, §710, as added Pub. L. 97-35, title XI, §1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 667.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 797 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 99-509, title IV, §4024(c), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1904, effective on the sale date (Apr. 2, 1987).Section 797l of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 99-509, title IV, §4033(a)(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1908, and a new section 797l of this title was subsequently added by Pub. L. 104-88, §327(5).

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

ABOLITION OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSInterstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104-88, to Surface Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 1302 of Title 49, Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, see section 205 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49.

Commission: "Commission" means the Interstate Commerce Commission;
Corporation: "Corporation" means the Consolidated Rail Corporation required to be established under section 741 of this title or its successor by merger, consolidation or other form of succession carried out under applicable law for the purpose of changing the State of its incorporation;
Secretary: "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation or the designated representative of the Secretary;
sale date: "sale date" means the date on which the initial public offering of the securities of the Corporation is closed under the Conrail Privatization Act [45 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.];