H. J. Res. 100 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 

Joint Resolution 

To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain 

railroads represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the 

National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees. 

Whereas the unresolved labor disputes between certain railroads 

represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of 

the National Railway Labor Conference and their employees represented by certain labor organizations threaten essential 

transportation services of the United States; 

Whereas it is in the national interest, including the national health 

and defense, that essential transportation services be maintained; 

Whereas the President, pursuant to the provisions of section 10 

of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160), by Executive Order 

No. 14077 of July 15, 2022, created Presidential Emergency Board 

No. 250 to investigate the disputes and report findings; 

Whereas the recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board 

No. 250 issued on August 16, 2022, formed the basis for tentative 

agreements between all of the parties to the disputes; 

Whereas some, but not all, of the tentative agreements have been 

ratified by the union memberships in final resolution of certain 

of the disputes between the parties; 

Whereas unresolved disputes remain between the parties whose 

tentative agreements were not ratified by the union memberships; 

Whereas the recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board 

No. 250 issued on August 16, 2022, have not resulted in a final 

resolution of all the disputes; 

Whereas all the procedures provided under the Railway Labor 

Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), and further procedures agreed to 

by the parties, have been exhausted and have not resulted in 

a final resolution of all the disputes; 

Whereas it is desirable that all such disputes be resolved in a 

manner which encourages solutions reached through collective 

bargaining; 

Whereas Congress, under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, 

has the authority and responsibility to ensure the uninterrupted 

operation of essential transportation services; 

Whereas Congress finds that emergency measures are essential 

to national security and continuity of transportation services by 

such railroads; and 

Whereas Congress has in the past enacted legislation for such 

purposes: Now, therefore, be it 
H. J. Res. 100—2 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. CONDITIONS FOR RESOLVING DISPUTES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the purposes of the Railway 

Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) to avoid any labor dispute that 

threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree 

such as to deprive any section of the country of essential transportation service, the most recent tentative agreements, side letters, 

and local carrier agreements entered into by the covered parties 

that have not been ratified before the date of enactment of this 

joint resolution (including tentative agreements, side letters, and 

local carrier agreements that have failed ratification) shall be 

binding on such covered parties to such unresolved disputes, and 

shall have the same effect as though arrived at by agreement 

of such covered parties under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 

151 et seq.). 

(b) COVERED PARTIES.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered parties’’ means the parties to the unresolved disputes subject to Presidential Emergency Board No. 250, established pursuant to Executive Order 14077 of July 15, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 43203; relating 

to establishing an emergency board to investigate disputes between 

certain railroads represented by the National Carriers’ Conference 

Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and their 

employees represented by certain labor organizations) and the provisions of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160). 

SEC. 2. MUTUAL AGREEMENT. 

Nothing in this joint resolution shall prevent any mutual written agreement by the parties to implement the terms and conditions 

established by this joint resolution, or prevent a mutual written 

agreement to any terms and conditions different from those established by this joint resolution. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.