Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 71, No. 236 

Friday, December 8, 2006 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13417 of December 6, 2006 

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Metro-North Railroad and Certain of Its Employees 

Represented by Certain Labor Organizations 

Disputes exist between Metro-North Railroad (Metro-North) 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 a part of this order. 

The disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of 

the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C. 151 et. seq. (RLA). 

A party empowered by the RLA has requested that the President establish 

an emergency board pursuant to section 9A of the RLA (45 U.S.C. 159a). 

Section 9A(c) of the RLA provides that the President, upon such request, 

shall appoint an 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 standard time on December 7, 2006, 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. The Board shall report to the President with respect to 

the disputes within 30 days of its creation. 

Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section 9A(c) of the RLA, 

from the date of the creation of the Board and for 120 days thereafter, 

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. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

December 6, 2006. 

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Labor Organizations 

International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 

International Brotherhood of Teamsters 

Service Employees International Union-National Conference of Firemen & 

Oilers 

Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association 

Transportation Communications International Union (including Transportation Communications International Union - American Railway and Airline 

Supervisors Association) 

Transport Workers Union of America 

[FR Doc. 06–9632 

Filed 12–7–06; 8:50 am] 

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