Source
(Pub. L. 93–236, title I, § 101, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 986.)
References in Text
The Bankruptcy Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is act July 1, 1898, ch. 541,
30 Stat. 544, as amended, which was classified generally to former Title 11, Bankruptcy. The Act was repealed effective Oct. 1, 1979, by
Pub. L. 95–598, §§ 401(a),
402
(a), Nov. 6, 1978,
92 Stat. 2682, section 101 of which enacted revised Title 11. For current provisions relating to railroad reorganization, see subchapter IV (§ 1161 et seq.) of chapter
11 of Title
11.
Short Title of 1978 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–565, § 1, Nov. 1, 1978,
92 Stat. 2397, provided: “That this Act [amending sections
726,
747, and
825 of this title and section
975 of Title
43, Public Lands, and enacting provision set out as a note under section
975 of Title
43] may be cited as the ‘United States Railway Association Amendments Act of 1978’.”
Short Title of 1976 Amendment
Pub. L. 94–555, title II, § 201, Oct. 19, 1976,
90 Stat. 2616, provided that: “This title [amending sections
702,
711,
716,
720,
721,
743,
744,
771,
774,
775,
779,
823,
824,
825,
826,
829,
831, and
854 of this title, section
960 of Title
20, Education, sections 1a, 5, 5c, 13, 15, 17, 22, 26c, and 1653 of former Title 49, Transportation, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section
80a–3 of Title
15, Commerce and Trade, and sections 1a and 1654 of former Title 49] may be cited as the ‘Rail Amendments of 1976’.”
Short Title of 1975 Amendment
Pub. L. 94–5, § 1, Feb. 28, 1975,
89 Stat. 7, provided: “That this Act [enacting section
794 of this title and amending sections
712,
715,
716,
717,
721,
723,
725, and
743 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Regional Rail Reorganization Act Amendments of 1975’.”
Short Title
Section 1 of
Pub. L. 93–236 provided in part that this Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 856 of former Title 31, Money and Finance, and section 1(16) of former Title 49, Transportation], may be cited as the “Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973”.
Separability
Section 604 of
Pub. L. 93–236 provided that: “If any provision of this Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 856 of former Title 31, Money and Finance, and section 1(16) of former Title 49, Transportation] or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.”
Abolition of United States Railway Association and Transfer of Functions and Securities
See section
1341 of this title.