S 640 · 93th Congress · Labor and Employment

Emergency Transportation Disputes Act

Introduced 1973-01-31· Sponsored by Sen. Fong, Hiram L. [R-HI]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.(1973-01-31)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Emergency Tansportation Disputes Act - Title I: Amendments to the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1974 Relating to Emergency Disputes in the Transportation Industry - Provides that when a strike or lockout in the railroad, airline, maritime longshore, or trucking industries imperils the health, safety or economy of a substantial sector of the Nation or deprives any State of essential transportation services, the President may appoint a board of inquiry to: (1) inquire into the issues involved in the dispute, and (2) make a written report to him to be filed with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. States that the substantial interruption of transportation services between the west coast of the United States and the State of Hawaii shall be deemed to deprive the State of Hawaii of essential transportation services. Authorizes the President, upon receiving a report from a board of inquiry, to direct the Attorney General to seek an injunction of such strike or lockout or the continuing thereof if a three-judge District court determines that the strike or lockout imperils the health, safety or economy of a substantial sector of the Nation or deprives any State of essential t…

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