45 U.S.C. § 160 : US Code - Section 160: Emergency board

Search 45 U.S.C. § 160 : US Code - Section 160: Emergency board

If a dispute between a carrier and its employees be not adjusted
under the foregoing provisions of this chapter and should, in the
judgment of the Mediation Board, threaten substantially to
interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive any
section of the country of essential transportation service, the
Mediation Board shall notify the President, who may thereupon, in
his discretion, create a board to investigate and report respecting
such dispute. Such board shall be composed of such number of
persons as to the President may seem desirable: Provided, however,
That no member appointed shall be pecuniarily or otherwise
interested in any organization of employees or any carrier. The
compensation of the members of any such board shall be fixed by the
President. Such board shall be created separately in each instance
and it shall investigate promptly the facts as to the dispute and
make a report thereon to the President within thirty days from the
date of its creation.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for the expenses of such board, including the
compensation and the necessary traveling expenses and expenses
actually incurred for subsistence, of the members of the board. All
expenditures of the board shall be allowed and paid on the
presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the
chairman.
After the creation of such board and for thirty days after such
board has made its report to the President, no change, except by
agreement, shall be made by the parties to the controversy in the
conditions out of which the dispute arose.