TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESOLUTION OF ISSUES IN A RAILWAY LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

To provide for the resolution of issues in a railway labor-management dispute, and for other purposes. Whereas the 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 to interrupt essential transportation services of the United States; Whereas continuous service of essential transportation is in the national interest, including the national health, agriculture, interstate commerce, and defense; Whereas the President, by 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 pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act ( 45 U.S.C. 160 Whereas the recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board Numbered 250, issued on August 16, 2022, have not resulted in settlement of all of the disputes; Whereas all the procedures provided under the Railway Labor Act for resolving the disputes will be exhausted as of 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 16, 2022, at which time essential transportation services will be subject to interruption; Whereas Congress, under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, has the authority and responsibility to ensure the uninterrupted operation of interstate commerce and essential transportation services; and Whereas Congress has in the past enacted legislation for such purposes: Now, therefore, be it 1. Conditions for resolving disputes With respect to any disputes referred to in 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), that are not resolved pursuant to mutual, written agreement by 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 16, 2022, the provisions of the Report and Recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board Numbered 250, issued on August 16, 2022, applicable to such disputes shall be binding on the parties to such disputes and shall have the same effect as though arrived at by agreement of such parties under the Railway Labor Act ( 45 U.S.C. 151 et seq. 2. Mutual agreement preserved Nothing in this joint resolution shall prevent a mutual, written agreement by the parties described in section 1 to any terms and conditions that are different from those established by this joint resolution

Summary: This joint resolution requires the parties to the disputes between certain railroads and labor organizations to accept the recommendations in the report of the Presidential Emergency Board Numbered 250 that was issued on August 16, 2022, with respect to any such disputes that remain unresolved by 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 16, 2022.