Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations, 16647-16648 [X14-10325]

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
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[Pages 16647-16648]
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Vol. 79

Tuesday,

No. 57

March 25, 2014

Part III





The President





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Executive Order 13663--Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate 
Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its 
Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 79 , No. 57 / Tuesday, March 25, 2014 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13663 of March 20, 2014

                
Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate 
                Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and 
                Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor 
                Organizations

                Disputes exist between the Long Island Rail Road 
                Company and certain of its employees represented by 
                certain labor organizations. The labor organizations 
                involved in these disputes are designated on the 
                attached list, which is made part of this order.

                The disputes heretofore have not been adjusted under 
                the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45 
                U.S.C. 151-188 (RLA).

                A first emergency board to investigate and report on 
                the disputes was established on November 22, 2013, by 
                Executive Order 13654 of November 21, 2013. The 
                emergency board terminated upon issuance of its report. 
                Subsequently, its recommendations were not accepted by 
                the parties.

                A party empowered by the RLA has requested that the 
                President establish a second emergency board pursuant 
                to section 9A of the RLA (45 U.S.C. 159a).

                Section 9A(e) of the RLA provides that the President, 
                upon such request, shall appoint a second emergency 
                board to investigate and report on the disputes.

                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 RLA, it is 
                hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment of Emergency Board (Board). 
                There is established, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern 
                daylight time on March 22, 2014, a Board of three 
                members to be appointed by the President to investigate 
                and report on these disputes. 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. Within 30 days after the creation of 
                the Board, the parties to the disputes shall submit to 
                the Board final offers for settlement of the disputes. 
                Within 30 days after the submission of final offers for 
                settlement of the disputes, the Board shall submit a 
                report to the President setting forth its selection of 
                the most reasonable offer.

                Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section 
                9A(h) of the RLA, from the time a request to establish 
                a second emergency board is made until 60 days after 
                the Board submits its report to the President, no 
                change in the conditions out of which the disputes 
                arose shall be made by the parties to the controversy, 
                except by agreement of the parties.

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                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.
                
                
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