Pub. L. 82-96, tit. I, sec. 105

Sec. 105. (a) Section 403 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 is hereby amended by changing the period at the end of the first sentence to a colon and adding the following: “Provided, however That the President shall administer any controls over the wages or salaries of employees subject to the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, through a separate board or panel having jurisdiction only over such employees.” (b) Section 502 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 is by changing the period at the end of the last sentence thereof to a colon and adding the following: “Provided, however, That in any dispute between employees and carriers subject to the Railway Labor Act, as amended, the procedures of such Act shall be followed for the purpose of bringing about a settlement of such dispute. Any agency provided for by such Act, including any panel or panel board established by the President for the adjustment of disputes arising under the Railway Labor Act, as a prerequisite to effecting or recommending a settlement of such dispute, shall make a specific finding and certification that the changes proposed by such settlement or recommended settlement, are consistent with such standards as may then be in effect, established by or pursuant to law, for the purpose of controlling inflationary tendencies: Provided further, That in any nondisputed wage or salary adjustments proposed as a result of voluntary agreement through collective bargaining, mediation, or otherwise, the same finding and certification of consistency with existing stabilization policy shall be made by the separate panel, chairman thereof, or boards as established and authorized by the President. Where such finding and certification are made by such agency, panel, chairman thereof, or boards, they shall after approval by the Economic Stabilization Administrator be conclusive and it shall then be lawful for the employees and carriers, by agreement, to put into effect the changes proposed by the settlement, recommended settlement, or voluntary proposal with respect to which such findings and certification were made.” (c) The second sentence of section 503 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 is hereby amended to read as follows: “No action inconsistent the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, other Federal labor standards statutes, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, the Railway Labor Act, as amended, or with other applicable laws shall be taken under this title.”