---
kind: "unit"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
key: "ch8/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/ch8-schI"
sections_count: 18
---

# Subchapter I — General Provisions

Title 45 — Railroads › Chapter 8 — Railway Labor

## Sections

- [§151. Definitions; short title](/usc/45/151.md)
- [§151a. General purposes](/usc/45/151a.md)
- [§152. General duties](/usc/45/152.md)
- [§153. National Railroad Adjustment Board](/usc/45/153.md)
- [§154. National Mediation Board](/usc/45/154.md)
- [§155. Functions of Mediation Board](/usc/45/155.md)
- [§156. Procedure in changing rates of pay, rules, and working conditions](/usc/45/156.md)
- [§157. Arbitration](/usc/45/157.md)
- [§158. Agreement to arbitrate; form and contents; signatures and acknowledgment; revocation](/usc/45/158.md)
- [§159. Award and judgment thereon; effect of chapter on individual employee](/usc/45/159.md)
- [§159a. Special procedure for commuter service](/usc/45/159a.md)
- [§160. Emergency board](/usc/45/160.md)
- [§160a. Rules and regulations](/usc/45/160a.md)
- [§161. Effect of partial invalidity of chapter](/usc/45/161.md)
- [§162. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/45/162.md)
- [§163. Repeal of prior legislation; exception](/usc/45/163.md)
- [§164. Repealed.](/usc/45/164.md)
- [§165. Evaluation and audit of Mediation Board](/usc/45/165.md)