Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2026)]

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[Pages 2457-2458]

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[FR Doc No: 2026-01061]

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Executive Order 14374 of January 14, 2026

Establishing a Second Emergency Board To

Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road

Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by

Certain Labor Organizations

Disputes exist between the Long Island Rail Road

Company and certain of its employees represented by

certain labor organizations. The labor organizations

involved in these disputes are the Transportation

Communications Union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive

Engineers and Trainmen, the Brotherhood of Railroad

Signalmen, the International Association of Machinists

and Aerospace Workers, and the International

Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

The disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under

the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45

U.S.C. 151-188 (RLA).

men, the Brotherhood of Railroad

Signalmen, the International Association of Machinists

and Aerospace Workers, and the International

Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

The disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under

the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45

U.S.C. 151-188 (RLA).

An emergency board to investigate and report on these

disputes was established on September 18, 2025, by

Executive Order 14349 of September 16, 2025

(Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate

Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and

Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor

Organizations). That emergency board terminated upon

submission of its report to the President.

Subsequently, its recommendations were not accepted by

all of the parties.

A party empowered by the RLA has requested that the

President establish a second emergency board pursuant

to section 9A of the RLA (45 U.S.C. 159a).

Section 9A(e) of the RLA provides that the President,

upon such request, shall appoint a second emergency

board to investigate and report on the disputes.

NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as

President by the Constitution and the laws of the

United States, including section 9A of the RLA, it is

hereby ordered:

provides that the President,

upon such request, shall appoint a second emergency

board to investigate and report on the disputes.

NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as

President by the Constitution and the laws of the

United States, including section 9A of the RLA, it is

hereby ordered:

Section 1. Establishment of a Second Emergency Board

(Board). There is established, effective 12:01 a.m.

eastern standard time on January 16, 2026, a Board

composed of a chair and two other members, all of whom

shall be appointed by the President to investigate and

report on these disputes. No member shall be

pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization

of railroad employees or any carrier. The Board shall

perform its functions subject to the availability of

funds.

Sec. 2. Report. As provided by section 9A(f) of the

RLA, within 30 days after the creation of the Board,

the parties to the disputes shall submit to the Board

final offers for settlement of the disputes. As

provided by section 9A(g) of the RLA, within 30 days

after the submission of final offers for settlement of

the disputes, the Board shall submit a report to the

President setting forth the Board's selection of the

most reasonable offer.

to the Board

final offers for settlement of the disputes. As

provided by section 9A(g) of the RLA, within 30 days

after the submission of final offers for settlement of

the disputes, the Board shall submit a report to the

President setting forth the Board's selection of the

most reasonable offer.

Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section

9A(h) of the RLA, from the time a request to establish

the Board is made until 60 days after the Board submits

its report to the President, the parties to the

controversy shall make no change in the conditions out

of which the disputes arose except by agreement of the

parties.

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Sec. 4. Records Maintenance. The records and files of

the Board are records of the Office of the President

and upon the Board's termination shall be maintained in

the physical custody of the National Mediation Board.

Sec. 5. Expiration. The Board shall terminate upon the

submission of the report to the President provided for

in section 2 of this order.

Sec. 6. Costs of Publication. The costs for publication

of this order shall be borne by the Department of

Transportation.

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January 14, 2026.

[FR Doc. 2026-01061

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