collective bargaining and fela claims

collective bargaining and fela claims Sec. 208. (a) Section 504(e) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 774(e)) is amended— (1) by striking out the period at the end of the first sentence thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, to the extent that such claims are determined by the Association to be the obligation of a railroad in reorganization in the region.”; and (2) by inserting immediately after the first sentence thereof the following new sentences: “Any liability of an estate of a rail-road in reorganization to its employees which is assumed, processed, and paid, pursuant to this subsection, by the Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or an acquiring carrier shall remain the pre conveyance obligation of the estate of such railroad for purposes of section 211(h)(1) of this Act. The Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, an acquiring carrier, or the Association, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a direct claim as a current expense of administration, in accordance with the provisions of section 211 (h) of this Act (other than paragraph (4)(A) thereof), for reimbursement (including costs and expenses of processing such claims) from the estate of the railroad in reorganization on whose behalf such obligations are discharged or paid.” 90 STAT. 2623 (b) Section 504(g) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 774(g)) is a mended— (1) by striking out the period at the end of the last sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, to the extent that such claims are determined by the Association to be the obligation of such railroad.”; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: “Any liability of an estate of a railroad in reorganization which is assumed, processed, and paid, pursuant to this subsection, by the Corporation or an acquiring railroad shall remain the preconveyance obligation of the estate of such railroad for purposes of section 211(h)(1) of this Act. The Corporation, an acquiring railroad, or the Association, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a direct claim as a current expense of administration, in accordance with the provisions of section 211 (h) of this Act (other than paragraph (4)(A) thereof), for reimbursement (including costs and expenses of processing such claims) from the estate of the railroad in reorganization on whose behalf such obligations are discharged or paid.”,