---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 U.S.C. § 912"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
number: "912"
heading: "Election"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/912"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring"
---

# §912. Election


Any [employee](/usc/45/902.md?p=4) who receives any assistance under [section 909](/usc/45/909.md) or [section 911 of this title](/usc/45/911.md) or 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 deemed to waive any [employee](/usc/45/902.md?p=4) protection benefits otherwise available to such [employee](/usc/45/902.md?p=4) under the Bankruptcy Act, subtitle IV of [title 49](/usc/49.md), or any applicable contract or agreement.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–101, § 13, Nov. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 743.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 909 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “section 10”, meaning section 10 of Pub. L. 96–101, Nov. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 741. Subsecs. (a) to (g) of section 10 are classified to section 909 of this title. Subsec. (h) of section 10 amended section 231f(b)(7) of this title.

The Bankruptcy Act, referred to in text, is act July 1, 1898, ch. 541, 30 Stat. 544, which was classified generally to former Title 11, Bankruptcy. The Act was repealed effective Oct. 1, 1979, by Pub. L. 95–598, §§ 401(a), 402(a), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2682, section 101 of which enacted revised Title 11. For current provisions relating to railroad reorganization, see subchapter IV (§ 1161 et seq.) of chapter 11 of Title 11.