[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 35 (Monday, September 5, 1994)]
[Page 1727]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12925--Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a 
Dispute Between the Soo Line Railroad Company and Certain of Its 
Employees Represented by the United Transportation Union

August 29, 1994

    A dispute exists between the Soo Line Railroad Company and certain 
of its employees represented by the United Transportation Union.
    The dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of 
the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188) (the ``Act'').
    In the judgment of the National Mediation Board, this dispute 
threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree 
that would deprive a section of the country of essential transportation 
service.
    Now, Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 10 of 
the Act, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment of Emergency Board (``Board''). There is 
established, effective August 29, 1994, a Board of three members to be 
appointed by the President to investigate this dispute. No member shall 
be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad 
employees or any railroad carrier. The Board shall perform its functions 
subject to the availability of funds.
    Sec. 2. Report. The Board shall report to the President with respect 
to the dispute within 30 days of its creation.
    Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section 10 of the 
Act, from the date of the creation of the Board and for 30 days after 
the Board has submitted its report to the President, no change in the 
conditions out of which the dispute arose shall be made by the parties 
to the controversy, except by agreement of the parties.
    Sec. 4. Records Maintenance. The records and files of the Board are 
records of the Office of the President and upon the Board's termination 
shall be maintained in the physical custody of the National Mediation 
Board.
    Sec. 5. Expiration. The Board shall terminate upon the submission of 
the report provided for in sections 2 and 3 of this order.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
August 29, 1994.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:16 a.m., August 30, 
1994]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
August 31.