---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 U.S.C. § 911"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
number: "911"
heading: "New career training assistance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/911"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring"
---

# §911. New career training assistance

- (a) **Eligible employees—** Any [employee](/usc/45/902.md?p=4) who elects to receive a separation allowance from the [Milwaukee Railroad](/usc/45/902.md?p=5) under an [employee](/usc/45/902.md?p=4) protection agreement entered into under [section 908 of this title](/usc/45/908.md) shall be entitled to receive from the [Board](/usc/45/902.md?p=2) expenses for training in qualified institutions for new career opportunities.
- (b) **Commencement of training as condition—** To be entitled for assistance under this section, an [employee](/usc/45/902.md?p=4) must begin his course of training within two years following the date of his separation from employment with the [Milwaukee Railroad](/usc/45/902.md?p=5).
- (c) **Filing of application; Board determination—** Entitlement to expenses for assistance under this section shall be determined by the [Board](/usc/45/902.md?p=2) on the basis of an application therefor filed by an [employee](/usc/45/902.md?p=4) with the [Board](/usc/45/902.md?p=2).
- (d) **Assistance prohibited after April 1, 1984—** No assistance may be provided under this section after April 1, 1984.
- (e) **Definitions—** As used in this section—
  - (1) the term “expenses” means actual expenses paid for room, [board](/usc/45/902.md?p=2), tuition, fees, or educational material in an amount not to exceed $3,000; and
  - (2) the term “qualified institution” means an educational institution accredited for payment by the Veterans’ Administration under [chapter 36](/usc/38/chptIII/ch36.md) of title 38, or a State-accredited institution which has been in existence for not less than two years.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–101, § 12, Nov. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 743; Pub. L. 96–254, title I, § 119(f), May 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 408.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980—Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 96–254 inserted reference to State-accredited institutions which have been in existence for not less than two years.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Reference to Veterans’ Administration deemed to refer to Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 10 of Pub. L. 100–527, set out as a Department of Veterans Affairs Act note under section 301 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.