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 rep-
resented 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 transpor-
tation 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 par-
ties’’ means the parties to the unresolved disputes subject to Presi-
dential Emergency Board No. 250, established pursuant to Execu-
tive 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 provi-
sions 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 writ-
ten 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 estab-
lished by this joint resolution. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.