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Conrail (正式名称为 Consolidated Rail Corporation) 是 1976 年至 1999 年间 美国东北部 的主要 铁路。它是联邦政府为了接管东北部破产的铁路而设立的,最终盈利并被拆分为两个竞争系统 (CSX 运输诺福克南方铁路)。

1974 年 1 月 2 日签署的公共法 93-236

(a) 调查结果

国会发现并宣布—

  1. 美国中西部和东北部的基本铁路服务由目前资不抵债并试图根据破产法进行重组的铁路提供。
  2. 由于这些铁路受托人无法制定可接受的重组计划,这项基本铁路服务面临停止或大幅缩减的威胁。这项铁路服务是在为公共用途而获得的铁路财产上运营的,但这些财产已被允许恶化,现在需要进行大规模的修复和现代化改造。
  3. 为了满足商业、国防、环境以及乘客、美国邮政、托运人、州及其政治分支机构和消费者的服务需求,公共便利和必要性要求该地区和全国范围内提供充足且高效的铁路服务。
  4. 该地区基本铁路服务的持续和改善对于维护和维持充足的国家铁路服务和高效的国家铁路运输系统也是必要的。
  5. 就土地利用、空气污染、噪音水平、能源效率和节约、资源分配、安全以及每吨英里运输成本而言,铁路服务和铁路运输具有经济和环境优势,因此,维护和维持充足且高效的铁路服务符合国家利益。
  6. 如果没有联邦政府的实质性行动,这些需求无法得到满足。
东北部的铁路系统正在走向死亡。该地区所有主要的铁路公司,尤其是 宾夕法尼亚中央运输公司,已经申请破产,如果没有联邦政府发挥主要作用,很可能无法解决这个问题。
(b) 目的

因此,国会在此章节中声明其目的在于—

  1. 确定该地区中西部和东北部铁路服务系统,该系统足以满足该地区和国家铁路运输系统的需求和服务要求;
  2. 将该地区的铁路公司重组为一个经济可行的系统,能够为该地区提供充足且高效的铁路服务;
  3. 设立美国铁路协会,赋予其列举的权力和责任;
  4. 设立合并铁路公司,赋予其列举的权力和责任;
  5. 协助州和地方及地区运输当局继续维持面临停止的当地铁路服务;以及
  6. 以对纳税人来说最低的成本提供必要的联邦财政援助
因此,将成立 美国铁路协会 和 Conrail。

在本章节中,除非上下文另有规定—

  1. "协会" 指根据本标题第 711 节设立的美国铁路协会;
  2. "委员会" 指联邦铁路管理委员会;
  3. "通勤管理局" 指任何为提供通勤服务而设立的州、地方或地区管理局、公司或其他实体,包括大都会运输局、康涅狄格州交通部、马里兰州交通部、宾夕法尼亚州东南部交通管理局、新泽西州交通公司、马萨诸塞州湾运输局、港口管理局跨哈德逊公司、任何继承机构,以及为运营或承包运营通勤服务而由一个或多个此类机构创建的任何实体;
  4. "通勤服务" 指在市区和郊区运营的短途铁路客运服务,无论是在州的地理边界内还是跨越州的地理边界,通常以减价票、多次乘车票和通勤车票以及早晚高峰时段运营为特征;
  5. "公司" 指根据本标题第 741 节要求设立的合并铁路公司,或其根据适用法律为变更其注册地而通过合并、兼并或其他形式的继承而产生的继承者;
  6. "最终系统计划生效日期" 指根据本标题第 718 节,最终系统计划或任何修订后的最终系统计划被视为经国会批准的日期;
  7. "员工持股计划" 指公司融资的一种技术,该技术利用符合第 26 标题第 401 (a) 节的股票红利信托或公司股票货币购买退休金信托,与公司改善、公司资产所有权转让以及其他公司资本需求相关,旨在根据员工的相对收入,在员工中建立对雇主公司的股份有益的股权所有权,而无需任何现金支出、任何减薪或其他员工福利,或放弃员工的任何其他权利;
  8. "最终系统计划" 指根据本标题第 716 节编制并根据本标题第 718 节批准的重组计划,用于重组、修复和现代化重组中的铁路公司;
  9. "财务委员会" 指根据本标题第 711 (i) 节设立的协会董事会财务委员会;
  10. "包括" 及其变体应理解为与 "但不限于" 这一短语相同;
  11. "地方或地区交通管理局" 包括州的政治分支机构。
  12. "办公室" 指根据第 49 标题第 10361 节设立的铁路服务规划办公室;
  13. "盈利铁路" 指不是重组中的铁路的铁路。该术语不包括公司、国家铁路客运公司,或由该地区的重组中的铁路公司租赁、运营或控制的铁路;
  14. "铁路财产" 指铁路公司(或由铁路公司拥有、租赁或控制的个人)拥有、租赁或控制的用于或可用于铁路运输服务的资产或权利;但该术语与 "由重组中的铁路公司租赁、运营或控制的铁路公司" 这一短语一起使用时,不包括由 I 类铁路公司拥有、租赁或控制的资产或权利,该铁路公司不完全由重组中的铁路公司拥有、运营或租赁,但由重组中的铁路公司控制;
  15. "铁路" 指受第 49 标题第四章第一节管辖的铁路运输企业。该术语包括公司和国家铁路客运公司;
  16. "重组中的铁路" 指处于破产程序中的铁路,并且尚未由法院根据本章节在第 717 (b) 节中规定的方式确定其是否可重组或不受重组管辖。 "破产程序" 包括根据破产法第 77 节进行的程序,以及衡平法下的接收程序或等效程序;
  17. "地区" 指缅因州、新罕布什尔州、佛蒙特州、马萨诸塞州、康涅狄格州、罗德岛州、纽约州、新泽西州、宾夕法尼亚州、特拉华州、马里兰州、弗吉尼亚州、西弗吉尼亚州、俄亥俄州、印第安纳州、密歇根州和伊利诺伊州;哥伦比亚特区;以及那些位于主要在上述辖区开展业务的铁路公司拥有的或运营的铁路财产的邻近州的区域(由委员会以命令确定);
    (A) "出售日期" 指根据 Conrail 私有化法 [45 U.S.C. 1301 等],公司证券的首次公开募股结束的日期;
  18. "秘书" 指交通部长或交通部长的指定代表;
  19. "州" 指任何州或哥伦比亚特区;
  20. "子公司" 指其全部合并投票权股份直接或间接由公司拥有或控制的任何公司;以及
  21. "补充交易" 指根据本标题第 745 节提出的任何提案中规定的任何交易,根据该提案,公司或其子公司将
    (A) 收购根据最终系统计划未指定转让或转让给其的铁路财产,
    (B) 将铁路财产转让给盈利铁路公司、公司的子公司或除最终系统计划中指定的以外,转让给国家铁路客运公司,或转让给州或地方或地区交通管理局,或转让给任何其他负责提供铁路服务的个人,或者
    (C) 与任何个人签订合同或其他安排,共同使用铁路财产或协调或分离铁路运营或服务。

公法 97-35,95 美洲国家组织,1981 年 8 月 13 日。

第 20 章 - 东北铁路服务

   Sec.                                                     
   1101.       Congressional findings and declarations.              
   1102.       Statement of purpose.                                 
   1103.       Goals and objectives.                                 
   1104.       Definitions.                                          
   1105.       Judicial review.                                      
                 (a)  Special court; exclusive jurisdiction for civil
                       actions.                                      
                 (b)  Appeal.                                        
                 (c)  Scope of review of administrative actions.     
   1106.       Exemption from transfer taxes and fees; recordation.  
   1107.       Repealed.                                             
   1108.       Concerted economic action.                            
                 (a)  Strikes interfering with rail freight service
                       of Conrail.                                   
                 (b)  Strikes interfering with Amtrak Commuter's rail
                       passenger service.                            
                 (c)  Railway Labor Act deemed violated.             
   1109.       Effectuation of cost reductions.                      
   1110, 1111. Repealed.                                             
   1112.       Interstate Commerce Commission proceedings.           
                 (a)  Final decisions involving railroads in
                       bankruptcy.                                   
                 (b)  Final decisions involving profitable railroads.
                 (c)  Interest of United States attaching in
                       bankruptcy, liquidation, abandonment, etc.    
   1113.       Intercity passenger service.                          
                 (a)  Responsibility of Conrail to provide crews
                       terminated; negotiations for employee
                       transfers.                                    
                 (b)  Eligibility of employees for employee
                       protection benefits.                          
   1114.       Repealed.                                             
   1115.       Redemption of stock.                                  
   1116.       Applicability of other laws.                          

第 1101 节。国会发现和声明

     The Congress finds and declares that - 
       (1) the processes set in motion by the Regional Rail
     Reorganization Act of 1973 [45 U.S.C. 701 et seq.] have failed to
     create a self-sustaining railroad system in the Northeast region
     of the United States and have cost United States taxpayers many
     billions of dollars over original estimates;
       (2) current arrangements for the provision of rail freight and
     commuter service in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the
     United States are inadequate to meet the transportation needs of
     the public and the needs of national security;
       (3) although the Federal Government has provided billions of
     dollars in assistance for Conrail and its employees, the Federal
     interest in ensuring the flow of interstate commerce through rail
     service in the private sector has not been achieved, and the
     protection of interstate commerce requires Federal intervention
     to preserve essential rail service in the private sector;
       (4) the provisions for protection of employees of bankrupt
     railroads contained in the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of
     1973 [45 U.S.C. 701 et seq.] have resulted in the payment of
     benefits far in excess of levels anticipated at the time of
     enactment, have imposed an excessive fiscal burden on the Federal
     taxpayer, and are now an obstacle to the establishment of
     improved rail service and continued rail employment in the
     Northeast region of the United States; and
       (5) since holding Conrail liable for employee protection
     payments would destroy its prospects of becoming a profitable
     carrier and further injure its employees, an alternative employee
     protection system must be developed and funded.

第 1102 节。宗旨声明

     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.

第 1103 节。目标和目的

     It is the goal of this subtitle to provide Conrail the
   opportunity to become profitable through the achievement of the
   following objectives:
     (1) Nonagreement personnel
       (A) Employees who are not subject to collective bargaining
     agreements (hereafter in this section referred to as
     "nonagreement personnel") should forego wage increases and
     benefits in an amount proportionately equivalent to the amount
     foregone by agreement employees pursuant to paragraph (4) of this
     section, adjusted annually to reflect inflation.
       (B) After May 1, 1981, the number of nonagreement personnel
     should be reduced proportionately to any reduction in agreement
     employees (excluding reductions pursuant to the termination
     program under section 797a of this title).
     (2) Suppliers
       To facilitate the orderly movement of goods in interstate
     commerce, materials and services should continue to be available
     to Conrail, under normal business practices, including the
     provision of credit and normal financing arrangements.
     (3) Shippers
       Conrail should utilize the revenue opportunities available to
     it under the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 and subtitle IV of title
     49.
     (4) Agreement employees
       (A) Conrail should enter into collective bargaining agreements
     with its employees which would reduce Conrail's costs in an
     amount equal to $200,000,000 a year, beginning April 1, 1981,
     adjusted annually to reflect inflation.
       (B) Agreements under this subparagraph may provide for
     reductions in wage increases and for changes in fringe benefits
     common to agreement employees, including vacations and holidays.
       (C) The cost reductions required under this subparagraph in the
     first year of the agreement may be deferred, but the aggregate
     cost reductions should be no less than an average of $200,000,000
     per year for each of the first three one-year periods beginning
     April 1, 1981.
       (D) The amount of cost reductions provided under this paragraph
     shall be calculated by subtracting the cost of an agreement
     entered into under this paragraph from (i) the cost that would
     otherwise result from the application of the national agreement
     reached by railroad industry and its employees, or (ii) until
     such national agreement is reached, the cost which the United
     States Railway Association estimates would result from the
     application of such a national agreement.

第 1104 节。定义

     As used in this subtitle, unless the context otherwise requires,
   the term:
       (1) "Amtrak" means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
     created under chapter 243 of title 49.
       (2) "Commission" means the Interstate Commerce Commission.
       (3) "Commuter authority" means any State, local, or regional
     authority, corporation, or other entity established for purposes
     of providing commuter service, and includes the Metropolitan
     Transportation Authority, the Connecticut Department of
     Transportation, the Maryland Department of Transportation, the
     Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the New
     Jersey Transit Corporation, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
     Authority, the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation, any
     successor agencies, and any entity created by one or more such
     agencies for the purpose of operating, or contracting for the
     operation of, commuter service.
       (4) "Commuter service" means short-haul rail passenger service
     operated in metropolitan and suburban areas, whether within or
     across the geographical boundaries of a State, usually
     characterized by reduced fare, multiple-ride, and commutation
     tickets, and by morning and evening peak period operations.
       (5) "Conrail" means the Consolidated Rail Corporation created
     under title III of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
     (45 U.S.C. 741 et seq.).
       (6) "Rail carrier" means a common carrier engaged in interstate
     or foreign commerce by rail subject to subtitle IV of title 49.
       (7) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation.
       (8) "Special court" means the judicial panel established under
     section 209(b)(1) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973
     (45 U.S.C. 719(b)(1)) or, with respect to any proceedings that
     arise or continue after the panel is abolished pursuant to
     section 209(b)(2) of such Act [45 U.S.C. 719(b)(2)], the United
     States District Court for the District of Columbia.

第 1105 节。司法审查

   (a) Special court; exclusive jurisdiction for civil actions
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the special court
   shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil
   action - 
       (1) for injunctive, declaratory, or other relief relating to
     the enforcement, operation, execution, or interpretation of any
     provision of or amendment made by this subtitle or part 2 of the
     Conrail Privatization Act [45 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.], or
     administrative action taken thereunder to the extent such action
     is subject to judicial review;
       (2) challenging the constitutionality of any provision of or
     amendment made by this subtitle or part 2 of the Conrail
     Privatization Act [45 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.];
       (3) to obtain, inspect, copy, or review any document in the
     possession or control of the Secretary, Conrail, the United
     States Railway Association, or Amtrak that would be discoverable
     in litigation under any provision of or amendment made by this
     subtitle or part 2 of the Conrail Privatization Act [45 U.S.C.
     1311 et seq.]; or
       (4) seeking judgment upon any claim against the United States
     founded upon the Constitution and resulting from the operation of
     any provision of or amendment made by this subtitle or part 2 of
     the Conrail Privatization Act [45 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.].
   (b) Appeal
     An order or judgment of the United States District Court for the
   District of Columbia in any action referred to in this section
   shall be reviewable in accordance with sections 1291, 1292, and
   1294 of title 28.
   (c) Scope of review of administrative actions
     Administrative action under the provisions of or amendments made
   by this subtitle or part 2 of the Conrail Privatization Act [45
   U.S.C. 1311 et seq.] which is subject to review shall be upheld
   unless such action is found to be unlawful under standards
   established for review of informal agency action under paragraphs
   (2)(A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 706 of title 5. The
   requirements of this subtitle or part 2 of the Conrail
   Privatization Act [45 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.], as the case may be,
   shall constitute the exclusive procedures required by law for such
   administrative action.

第 1106 节。转让税费豁免;登记

     (a)(1) All transfers or conveyances of any interest in rail
   property (whether real, personal, or mixed) which are made under
   any provision of or amendment made by this subtitle shall be exempt
   from any taxes, imposts, or levies now or hereby imposed, by the
   United States or by any State or any political subdivision of a
   State, on or in connection with such transfers or conveyances or on
   the recording of deeds, bills of sale, liens, encumbrances,
   easements, or other instruments evidencing, effectuating, or
   incident to any such transfers or conveyances, whether imposed on
   the transferor or on the transferee. Such transferors and
   transferees shall be entitled to record any such deeds, bills of
   sale, liens, encumberances,(!1) easements, or other instruments,
   and to record the release or removal of any preexisting liens or
   encumbrances of record with respect to properties so transferred or
   conveyed, upon payment of any appropriate and generally applicable
   charges to compensate for the cost of the service performed.
     (2) This section shall not apply to Federal income tax laws.
     (b) Transfer of designated real property (including any interest
   in real property) authorized by the amendments made by part 2 of
   this subtitle shall have the same effect for purposes of rights and
   priorities with respect to such property as recordation on the
   transfer date of appropriate deeds, or other appropriate
   instruments, in offices appointed under State law for such
   recordation, except that acquiring rail carriers and other entities
   shall proffer such deeds or other instruments for recordation
   within 36 months after the transfer date as a condition of
   preserving such rights and priorities beyond the expiration of that
   period. Conrail shall cooperate in effecting the timely
   preparation, execution, and proffering for recordation of such
   deeds and other instruments.

第 1107 节。废止。

     Pub. L. 99-509, title IV, Sec. 4033(c)(1)(C)(i)(I), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1908

第 1108 节。协同经济行动

   (a) Strikes interfering with rail freight service of Conrail
     Any person engaging in concerted economic action over disputes
   with Amtrak Commuter or any commuter authority shall not be
   entitled to engage in any strike against, or otherwise to induce
   any employee of, Conrail, where an effect thereof is to interfere
   with rail freight service provided by Conrail.
   (b) Strikes interfering with Amtrak Commuter's rail passenger
     service
     Any person engaging in concerted economic action over disputes
   arising out of freight operations provided by Conrail shall not be
   entitled to engage in any strike against, or otherwise to induce
   any employee of, Amtrak Commuter or any commuter authority, where
   an effect thereof is to interfere with rail passenger service.
   (c) Railway Labor Act deemed violated
     Any concerted action in violation of this section shall be deemed
   to be a violation of the Railway Labor Act [45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.].

第 1109 节。成本降低的实施

     Any cost reductions resulting from the provisions of or the
   amendments made by this subtitle shall not be used to limit the
   maximum level of any rate charged by Conrail for the provision of
   rail service, to limit the amount of any increase in any such rate
   (including rates maintained jointly by Conrail and other rail
   carriers), or to limit a surcharge or cancellation otherwise lawful
   under chapter 107 (!1) of title 49.

第 1110 节。废止。

      Pub. L. 99-509, title IV, Sec. 4033(c)(1)(C)(i)(II), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1908

第 1111 节。废止。

      Pub. L. 105-134, title IV, Sec. 408, Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2586

第 1112 节。州际贸易委员会诉讼

   (a) Final decisions involving railroads in bankruptcy
     Notwithstanding any other provision of subtitle IV of title 49,
   in any proceeding before the Commission under section 11324 or
   11325 of title 49 involving a railroad in the Region, as defined in
   section 702 of this title, which was in a bankruptcy proceeding
   under section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act on November 4, 1979, the
   Commission shall, with or without a hearing, issue a final decision
   within a period not to exceed 180 days after receipt of an
   application under either such section.
   (b) Final decisions involving profitable railroads
     Notwithstanding any other provision of subtitle IV of title 49,
   in any proceeding before the Commission under section 11324 or
   11325 of title 49 involving a profitable railroad in the Region, as
   defined in section 702 of this title, which received a loan under
   section 721(a) of this title, the Commission shall, with or without
   a hearing, issue a final decision within a period not to exceed 180
   days after receipt of an application under either such section.
   (c) Interest of United States attaching in bankruptcy, liquidation,
     abandonment, etc.
     (1) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) of this
   section that there is an agreement between a profitable railroad in
   the Region (as defined in section 702 of this title) which received
   a loan under section 721(a) of this title and a prospective
   purchaser for the sale of such railroad, the Secretary shall limit
   the interest of the United States in any debt of such a railroad to
   an interest which attaches to such debt in the event of bankruptcy
   or substantial sale or liquidation of the assets of the railroad.
   The Secretary may substitute for the evidence of such debt
   contingency notes payable solely from the railroad operating assets
   then securing such debt, including reinvestments thereof, or such
   other contingency notes as the Secretary deems appropriate and
   which conform to the terms set forth in this subsection.
     (2) If the interest of the United States is limited under
   paragraph (1), any new debt issued by such a railroad subsequent to
   the issuance of the debt described in paragraph (1) may have such
   higher priority in the event of bankruptcy, liquidation, or
   abandonment of the assets of such a railroad than the debt
   described in such paragraph as the Secretary and the railroad may
   agree.
     (3) In carrying out the duties under this subsection, the
   Secretary may (A) enter into such agreements, (B) in accordance
   with any such agreements, cancel or cause to be cancelled or amend
   or cause to be amended any notes or securities currently held by
   agencies or instrumentalities of the United States, and (C) accept
   in exchange as substitution therefor such instruments evidencing
   the indebtedness owed to such agencies or instrumentalities as, in
   the Secretary's judgment, will effectuate the purposes of this
   subsection.

第 1113 节。城际客运服务

   (a) Responsibility of Conrail to provide crews terminated;
     negotiations for employee transfers
     After January 1, 1983, Conrail shall be relieved of the
   responsibility to provide crews for intercity passenger service on
   the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak, Amtrak Commuter, and Conrail, and
   the employees with seniority in both freight and passenger service
   shall commence negotiations not later than 120 days after August
   13, 1981, for the right of such employees to move from one service
   to the other once each six-month period. Such agreement shall
   ensure that Conrail, Amtrak, and Amtrak Commuter have the right to
   furlough one employee in the same class or craft for each employee
   who returns through the exercise of seniority rights. If agreement
   is not reached within 360 days, such matter shall be submitted to
   binding arbitration.
   (b) Eligibility of employees for employee protection benefits
     Conrail employees who are deprived of employment by an assumption
   or discontinuance of intercity passenger service by Amtrak shall be
   eligible for employee protection benefits under section 797 (!1) of
   this title, notwithstanding any other provision of law, agreement,
   or arrangement, and notwithstanding the inability of such employees
   otherwise to meet the eligibility requirements of such section.
   Such protection shall be the exclusive protection applicable to
   Conrail employees deprived of employment or adversely affected by
   any such assumption or discontinuance.


第 1114 节。废止。

      Pub. L. 99-509, title IV, Sec. 4033(c)(1)(C)(i)(III), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1908

第 1115 节。股票赎回

     For the purpose of computing the amount for which certificates of
   value shall be redeemable under section 746 of this title, the
   series B preferred stock and the common stock conveyed to the
   Secretary under section 1107 (!1) of this title shall be deemed to
   be without fair market value unless in a proceeding brought under
   section 1105(a)(4) of this title the special court shall have
   determined that such securities had a value and shall have entered
   a judgment against the United States for that value. In such an
   event, the securities shall for purposes of section 746 of this
   title be deemed to have that value found by the special court.


第 1116 节。其他法律的适用性

     (a) The provisions of chapters 5 and 7 of title 5 (popularly
   known as the Administrative Procedure Act and including provisions
   popularly known as the Government in the Sunshine Act), the Federal
   Advisory Committee Act, section 102(2)(C) of the National
   Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)], the
   National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 [16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.],
   and section 303 of title 49 are inapplicable to actions taken in
   negotiating, approving, or implementing service transfers under
   title IV of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 [45 U.S.C.
   761 et seq.] (!1) and to the implementation of the sale of the
   interest of the United States in Conrail under the Conrail
   Privatization Act [45 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.].
     (b) The operation of trains by Conrail shall not be subject to
   the requirement of any State or local law which specifies the
   minimum number of crew members who must be employed in connection
   with the operation of such trains.
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