[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 832 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 832

  To establish limits on wage continuation and severance benefits for 
  Amtrak employees displaced by a discontinuance of service, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 1995

Mr. Barton of Texas (for himself, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
Mr. Combest, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Schaeffer, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. McCollum, 
    Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Miller of 
  Florida, Mr. Largent, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Latham, Mr. Hancock, Mr. 
  Shadegg, Mr. Livingston, and Mr. Brewster) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish limits on wage continuation and severance benefits for 
  Amtrak employees displaced by a discontinuance of service, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SERVICE DISCONTINUANCE.

    Section 24706(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
    ``(7) Notwithstanding any arrangement in effect before the date of 
enactment of this paragraph, no employee of Amtrak whose employment is 
terminated as a result of a discontinuance of intercity rail passenger 
service shall receive any wage continuation or severance benefit in 
excess of 6 months pay. This paragraph shall not affect the obligations 
of rail carriers under section 11347 of this title.
    ``(8) Notwithstanding any arrangement in effect before the date of 
enactment of this paragraph, Amtrak may require an employee whose 
position is eliminated as a result of a discontinuance of intercity 
rail passenger service to transfer to any vacant position for which the 
employee can be made qualified on any part of Amtrak's system. If such 
transfer requires a change in residence or seniority district, the 
employee shall choose--
            ``(A) to transfer to the position and be covered by the 
        collective bargaining agreement applicable to the seniority 
        district to which he is transferred; or
            ``(B) to voluntarily furlough himself at his home location 
        and receive protective benefits not in excess of the amount 
        authorized under paragraph (7).
For purposes of this paragraph, a transfer shall be considered to 
require a change in residence if the new employment is more than 30 
miles from the employee's place of residence and is farther from that 
residence than was the former work location.''.
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