[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 186 (Thursday, December 1, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6944-S6945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6503. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. 
Scott of Florida) proposed an amendment to the joint resolution H.J. 
Res. 100, to provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved 
disputes between certain railroads represented by the National 
Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference 
and certain of their employees; as follows:

        Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. CONDITIONS FOR RESOLVING DISPUTES.

       Consistent with the purposes of the Railway Labor Act (45 
     U.S.C. 151 et seq.) to avoid any labor dispute that threatens 
     substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree 
     such as to deprive any section of the country of essential 
     transportation service, except as provided in section 2, with 
     regard to the disputes subject to Presidential Emergency 
     Board Numbered 250, established pursuant to Executive Order 
     14077 of July 15, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 43203; relating to 
     establishing an emergency board to investigate disputes 
     between certain railroads represented by the National 
     Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor 
     Conference and their employees represented by certain labor 
     organizations), and the provisions of section 10 of the 
     Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160)--

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       (1) during the 60-day period beginning on the date of 
     enactment of this joint resolution, no change shall be made, 
     by the railroads represented by the National Carriers' 
     Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference 
     or by the employees of such railroads represented by a labor 
     organization that is party to such disputes, in the 
     conditions out of which such disputes arose as such 
     conditions existed on the date of enactment of this joint 
     resolution; and
       (2) the parties to such disputes shall negotiate during 
     such period to resolve any such dispute that is unresolved.

     SEC. 2. MUTUAL AGREEMENT.

       Nothing in this joint resolution shall prevent any mutual, 
     written agreement by the parties after the enactment of this 
     joint resolution--
       (1) to implement the terms and conditions established by 
     this joint resolution; or
       (2) to any terms and conditions different from those 
     established by this joint resolution.
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