Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 72, No. 230 

Friday, November 30, 2007 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13452 of November 28, 2007 

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations 

Disputes exist between National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) 

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). 

In the judgment of the National Mediation Board, these disputes threaten 

substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree that would deprive 

sections of the country of essential transportation service. 

NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as President by the 

Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 10 of 

the RLA (45 U.S.C. 160), 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 1, 2007, a Board 

of five 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 10 of the RLA, 

from the date of the creation of the Board and for 30 days after the Board 

has submitted 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. 

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. 


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Sec. 5. Expiration. The Board shall terminate upon the submission of the 

report provided for in section 2 of this order. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

November 28, 2007. 

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LABOR ORGANIZATIONS 

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 

Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen 

Joint Council of Carmen, comprised of the Transportation Communications 

International Union/Brotherhood Railway Carmen Division and the Transport 

Workers Union of America 

American Train Dispatchers Association 

National Conference of Firemen & Oilers/Service Employees International 

Union 

Transportation Communications International Union—American Railway and 

Airline Supervisors Association 

[FR Doc. 07–5919 

Filed 11–29–07; 8:57 am] 

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