---
kind: "unit"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
key: "ch16/schVII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter VII"
heading: "Protection of Employees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/ch16-schVII"
sections_count: 14
---

# Subchapter VII — Protection of Employees

Title 45 — Railroads › Chapter 16 — Regional Rail Reorganization

## Sections

- [§797. Repealed.](/usc/45/797.md)
- [§797a. Termination allowance](/usc/45/797a.md)
- [§797b. Preferential hiring](/usc/45/797b.md)
- [§797c. Central register of railroad employment](/usc/45/797c.md)
- [§797d. Election and treatment of benefits](/usc/45/797d.md)
- [§797e. Assignment of work](/usc/45/797e.md)
- [§797f. Contracting out](/usc/45/797f.md)
- [§797g. New collective-bargaining agreements](/usc/45/797g.md)
- [§797h. Employee and personal injury claims](/usc/45/797h.md)
- [§797i. Limitations on liability](/usc/45/797i.md)
- [§797j. Preemption](/usc/45/797j.md)
- [§797k. Factfinding panel](/usc/45/797k.md)
- [§797l. Class II railroads receiving Federal assistance](/usc/45/797l.md)
- [§797m. Arbitration](/usc/45/797m.md)