[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 16 (Monday, April 19, 2004)]
[Pages 570-571]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13334--Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a 
Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 
and Its Conductors Represented by the United Transportation Union

April 10, 2004

    A dispute exists between the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Transportation Authority, and its conductors 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'').

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    A party empowered by the Act has requested that the President 
establish an emergency board pursuant to section 9A of the Act (45 
U.S.C. 159a).
    Section 9A(c) of the Act provides that the President, upon such 
request, shall appoint an emergency board to investigate and report on 
the dispute.
    Now, Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 9A of 
the Act, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment of Emergency Board (``Board''). There is 
established, effective April 12, 2004, a Board of three members to be 
appointed by the President to investigate and report on this dispute. No 
member shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization 
of railroad employees or any 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 this dispute within 30 days of its creation.
    Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section 9A(c) of the 
Act, from the date of the creation of the Board and for 120 days 
thereafter, 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 section 2 of this order.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 April 10, 2004.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:10 a.m., April 13, 
2004]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
April 14.