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Code · U.S. Code · Title 45 - RAILROADS · CHAPTER 16— REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION · SUBCHAPTER VII— PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES · § 797j

§ 797j. Preemption

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No State may adopt or continue in force any law, rule, regulation, order, or standard requiring the Corporation to employ any specified number of persons to perform any particular task, function, or operation, or requiring the Corporation to pay protective benefits to employees, and no State in the Region may adopt or continue in force any such law, rule, regulation, order, or standard with respect to any railroad in the Region.
(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 711, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 667; amended Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379.)
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  • Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 711
  • Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a)
  • 95 Stat. 667
  • Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b)
  • 108 Stat. 1379
  • Pub. L. 103–272
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 711
Pub. L.Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a)
Stat.95 Stat. 667
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b)
Stat.108 Stat. 1379
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