49 U.S.C. § 21107
Maximum duty hours and subjects of collective bargaining
United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective
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- 49 U.S.C. § 21107, Maximum duty hours and subjects of collective bargaining, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490430
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The number of hours established by this chapter that an employee may be required or allowed to be on duty is the maximum number of hours consistent with safety. Shorter hours of service and time on duty of an employee are proper subjects for collective bargaining between a railroad carrier and its employees.
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.
- 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