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Executive Order 13679 of October 10, 2014 

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute 

Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the 

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen 

A dispute exists between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and its Locomotive Engineers represented by the Brotherhood 

of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). 

The dispute has not heretofore 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 this dispute and disputes 

involving other SEPTA employees represented by other labor organizations 

was established on June 15, 2014, by Executive Order 13670 of June 14, 

2014. The emergency board terminated upon issuance of its report. Subsequently, its recommendations were not accepted by the parties to this dispute. 

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 an emergency board to investigate and report on the dispute. 

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 October 13, 2014, a Board 

of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate and report 

on this dispute. 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 dispute shall submit to the Board final offers for settlement of the 

dispute. Within 30 days after the submission of final offers for settlement 

of the dispute, 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 dispute arose shall be made by the 

parties to the controversy, except by agreement of the parties. 

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62324 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 201 / Friday, October 17, 2014 / Presidential Documents 

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, 

October 10, 2014. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24851 

Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

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