96 STAT. 2554 Effective date. ^^te^^ ^^^^^ °° •
PUBLIC LAW 97-468—JAN. 14, 1983 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be effective with respect to any application or preliminary filing with respect to which the Commission has made no final decision before May 1, 1982, except that such amendment shall not affect any line which has been removed from the carrier's system diagram map before the date of enactment of this Act. AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 507. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation $15,600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, for the Office of the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, of which not to exceed $9,200,000 shall be used for executive direction and administration and not to exceed $6,400,000 shall be used for policy support. NORTHEAST CORRIDOR COORDINATION
95 Stat. 650.
95 Stat. 645.
SEC. 508. Section 505 of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 585) is amended— (1) by striking "Board of Directors of Amtrak Commuter" both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Northeast Corridor Coordination Board"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) The Northeast Clorridor Coordination Board shall consist of (1) one member from each commuter authority, within the meaning of such term under section 1135(a)(3) of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 (45 U.S.C. 1104(a)(3)), which operates or contracts for the operation of rail commuter service over the main line of the Northeast Corridor; (2) two members to be named by Amtrak; and (3) one member to be named by the Consolidated Rail (I!orporation.". APPLICABILITY OF LAWS
SEC. 509. Title V of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S.C. 581 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 45 USC 591.
"SEC. 511. APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.
"Any commuter authority operating commuter service under this title shall be subject to applicable laws with respect to such service, including, but not limited to, the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et seq.), the Railroad Retirement Tax Act (26 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.), and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.).". COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS
95 Stat. 685.
SEC. 510. Section 1164(c) of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 (45 U.S.C. 1112(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking "bankruptcy, substantial sale," and inserting in lieu thereof "bankruptcy or substantial sale"; and (B) by amending the last sentence to read as follows: "The Secretary may substitute for the evidence of such debt contingency notes payable solely from the railroad operating assets then securing such debt, including reinvestments thereof, or such other contingency notes as the Secretary
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