S 1590
106th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Collective bargaining
Collective bargaining agreements
Department of Transportation
Employee rights
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Industrial arbitration
Labor and Employment
Leases
Railroad employees
Railroad mergers
Railroad policy
Stockholders' voting
Surface Transportation Board
Surface Transportation Board Improvement Act of 1999
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 15, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Sep 15, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10941-10942)
Sep 15, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Surface Transportation Board Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends Federal transportation law to require a rail carrier or corporation that is involved in a purchase and sale, a lease, or a corporate consolidation or merger transaction that has been approved or exempted by the Surface Transportation Board, and which is exempt from State regulation, to obtain, before such transaction can be carried out, the assent of a majority (or the number required under applicable State law) of the votes of the holders of the capital stock of such corporation.
Revises certain requirements to subject employee protective arrangements to specified conditions.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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