Joint resolution to provide for a temporary prohibition of strikes or lockouts with respect to the current railway labor-management dispute
PL 91-541 (H.J.Res.1413), enacted 12/10/1970

84 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-541-DEC. 10, 1970 
1407 
SEC. 12. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums Appropriation. 
not to exceed $100,000 annually, as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act. 
Approved December 9, 1970. 
Public Law 91-541 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
_ 
^ 
, „ , „ , „ 
December 10, 1970 
To provide for a temporary prohibition of strikes or lockouts with respect to [H. J. Res. I413] 
the current railway labor-management dispute. 
Whereas the labor dispute between the carriers represented by the 
National Railway Labor Conference and the Eastern, Western, and 
Southeastern Carriers Conference Committees and certain of their 
employees represented by the United Transportation Union, the 
Brotherhood of Railway Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight 
Handlers, Express and Station Employees (BRAC), the Brother-
hood of Maintenance of Way Employees, Hotel and Restaurant 
Employees and Bartenders International Union threatens essential 
transportation services of the Nation j and 
Whereas it is essential to the national interest, including the national 
health and defense, that essential transportation services be main-
tained ; and 
Whereas all the procedures for resolving such dispute provided for 
in the Railway Labor Act have been exhausted and have not 48'*stat"\*iy5^' 
resulted in settlement of the dispute; and 
45 use isi*. 
Whereas the Congress finds that emergency measures are essential 
to security and continuity of transportation services by such carriers; 
and 
Whereas it is desirable to achieve the objectives in a manner which 
preserves and prefers solutions reached through collective bar-
f aining; and 
ereas the recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board 
Numbered 178 for settlement of this dispute did not result in a 
settlement: Now, therefore, in order to encourage these parties to 
reach their own agreement, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the o^loc^iTou^sV'^^" 
final paragraph of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 
prohibition. 
160) shall apply and be extended for an additional period with respect 
44 stat. sse. 
to the above dispute, so that no change, except by agreement, shall be 
made by the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Con-
ference and the Eastern, Western, and Southeastern Carriers Con-
ference Committees or by their employees, in the conditions out of 
which such dispute arose prior to 12:01 antemeridian of March 1, 
1971. 
SEC. 2. Not later than fifteen days prior to the expiration date speci- ^f^l°J^^\° 
fied in the first section of this joint resolution the President shall 
submit to the Congress a full and comprehensive report containing— 
(1) the progress, if any, of negotiations between the National 
Railway Labor Conference and the Eastern. Western, and South-
eastern Carriers Conference Committees and their employees; and 
(2) any such recommendations for a proposed solution of the 
dispute described in this joint resolution as he deems appropriate. 
1408 
PUBLIC LAW 91-542-DEC. 11, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Pay increase, 
effective date. 
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the first section of this joint resolution, the 
rates of pay of all employees who are subject to the first section of this 
resolution shall be increased by 5 percent effective as of January 1, 
1970, and by 32 cents per hour effective as of November 1,1970. Noth-
ing in this section shall prevent any change made by agreement in the 
increases in rates of pay provided pursuant to this section. 
Approved December 10, 1970. 
Public Law 91-542 
December 11, 1970 
A N 
A C T 
[H. R. 19000] 
To amend the Act of April 24, 1961, authorizing the use of judgment funds of 
the Nez Perce Tribe. 
Indians. 
Nez Perce 
Tribe, judgment 
fund s. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assetnbled^ That the first sen-
tence of section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the use 
of funds arising from a judgment in favor of the Nez Perce Tribe 
of Indians, and for other purposes," approved April 24, 1961 (75 
Stat. 45), is amended by inserting after "180-A," the following: 
"and the funds deposited in the Treasury of the United States to 
pay the final judgment entered by the Indian Claims Commission 
on April 29,1970 in docket 179,". 
SEC. 2. The last sentence of section 2 of the aforesaid Act is amended 
by inserting after "175" a comma and "179". 
Approved December 11, 1970. 
December 11, 1970 
[H. R. 9677] 
Federal jurors. 
Duty, service 
of summons. 
82 Stat. 58. 
Public Law 91-543 
AN ACT 
To amend section 1866 of title 28, United States Code, prescribing tlie manner 
in which summonses for jury duty may be served. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Anienca in Congress assembled^ That section 1866(b) 
of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"When the court orders a grand or petit jury to be drawn, the clerk 
or jury commission or their duly designated deputies shall issue sum-
monses for the required number of jurors. 
"Each person drawn for jury service may be served personally, or by 
registered or certified mail addressed to such person at his usual resi-
dence or business address. 
"If such service is made personally, the summons shall be delivered 
by the clerk or the jury commission or their duly designated deputies 
to the marshal who shall make such service. 
"If such service ds made by registered or certified mail, the summons 
may be served by the clerk or jury commission or their duly designated 
deputies who shall make affidavit of service and shall file with such 
affidavit the addressee's receipt for the registered or certified summons. 
If such service is made by the marshal, he shall attach to his return the 
addressee's receipt for the registered or certified mail." 
Approved December 11, 1970.