---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 182"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "182"
heading: "Exemption of Railway Labor Act from subchapter"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/182"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Labor-Management Relations"
  - "Subchapter III — Conciliation of Labor Disputes; National Emergencies"
---

# §182. Exemption of Railway Labor Act from subchapter


The provisions of this subchapter shall not be applicable with respect to any matter which is subject to the provisions of the Railway Labor Act [[45 U.S.C. 151](/usc/45/151.md) et seq.], as amended from time to time.


## Source credit

(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, § 212, 61 Stat. 156.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Railway Labor Act, as amended, referred to in text, is act May 20, 1926, ch. 347, 44 Stat. 577, which is classified principally to chapter 8 (§ 151 et seq.) of Title 45, Railroads. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 151 of Title 45 and Tables.