Opinion ID: 500031
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Heading: The Sunsetting Provision of 45 U.S.C. Sec. 797c(f).

Text: 126 The arbitration provision which governs the appellants' claim is 45 U.S.C. Sec. 797c(g). Subsection (f) of 45 U.S.C. Sec. 797c states: The provisions of this section shall cease to be effective on the expiration of the 6-year period beginning on August 13, 1981. Based upon this sunsetting provision, appellees argue that appellants have lost their right to arbitration. Appellants, on the other hand, contend that because the statutory subdivision containing the arbitration provision has lapsed, they now have a clear and unimpeded right to an action in federal court. The theories of both parties are incorrect. 127