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§ 159a. Special procedure for commuter service
(a) Applicability of provisions
(b) Request for establishment of emergency board
(c) Establishment of emergency board
(1) Upon the request of a party or a Governor under subsection (b), the President shall create an emergency board to investigate and report on the dispute in accordance with section 160 of this title. For purposes of this subsection, the period during which no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the parties in the conditions out of which the dispute arose shall be 120 days from the day of the creation of such emergency board.
(2) If the President, in his discretion, creates a board to investigate and report on a dispute between the parties described in subsection (a), the provisions of this section shall apply to the same extent as if such board had been created pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(d) Public hearing by National Mediation Board upon failure of emergency board to effectuate settlement of dispute
(e) Establishment of second emergency board
(f) Submission of final offers to second emergency board by parties
(g) Report of second emergency board
(h) Maintenance of status quo during dispute period
(i) Work stoppages by employees subsequent to carrier offer selected; eligibility of employees for benefits
(j) Work stoppages by employees subsequent to employees offer selected; eligibility of employer for benefits
(May 20, 1926, ch. 347, § 9A, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1157, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 681.)