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45 U.S.C. § 797j

Preemption

United States · Title 45 — RAILROADS · Status: effective

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45 U.S.C. § 797j, Preemption, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/487288
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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.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 93-236(H.R. 9142)1974-01-02
    Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-35(H.R. 3982)1981-08-13
    Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-272(H.R. 1758)1994-07-05
    To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally