[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5764 Introduced in House (IH)]

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107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5764

 To provide for the resolution of certain labor issues relating to the 
   merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 2002

Mr. Etheridge introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the resolution of certain labor issues relating to the 
   merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road.

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

SECTION 1. EXTINGUISHMENT.

    Upon the merger of the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island 
Rail Road, the collective bargaining agreement between the Association 
of Commuter Rail Employees and the Metro-North Railroad shall be 
extinguished.

SEC. 2. DEEMED COVERAGE.

    Employees of the entity resulting from the merger described in 
section 1 shall be deemed to be covered under the appropriate 
collective bargaining agreement of the Long Island Rail Road in 
compliance with the Railway Labor Act.

SEC. 3. SENIORITY.

    At the time of the merger described in section 1, the appropriate 
seniority roster of Metro-North Railroad employees shall be added to 
the bottom of the seniority roster of Long Island Rail Road employees.

SEC. 4. DISPUTES.

    All disputes arising from the application of this Act shall be 
subject to the jurisdiction of the National Mediation Board.
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