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PUBLIC LAW 74-487 OF 1936, UNITED STATES SENATE BILL 2496 (BLACK – 1936)
CHAPTER 166, ENACTED APRIL 10, 1936, AT 49 UNITED STATES STATUTES 1189
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An Act “To Amend the Railway Labor Act” was enacted following congressional passage of United States Senate Bill 2496 of 1936 [hereinafter “S. 2496”]. (See Exhibit A, #1) S. 2496 was introduced March 13, 1935 by Senator Hugo Lafayette Black of Alabama. (See Exhibit A, #1a)
S. 2496 was first reviewed by the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce who passed the bill with amendments on May 13, 1935. (See Exhibit A, #2a and #2b) Thereafter the bill was referred to the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce who approved S. 2496 with amendments on June 27, 1935. (See Exhibit A, #2c) A final amendment was made to the act on March 26, 1936 by the "Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union." (See Exhibit A, #2d) The bill was then presented to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who signed the bill on April 10, 1936, enacting Public Law 74-487 in Chapter 166 of 1936. (See Exhibit A, #1)
The House of Representatives generated House Report 2243 for S. 2496 as it was last amended which summarized the legislation as follows:
This bill (S. 2496) applies all of the provisions of the Railway Labor Act except section 3 to common carriers by air and their employees.
Section 3 of the original act establishes the Railroad Adjustment Board for the settling of disputes arising out of grievances or the interpretation of contracts. Under Title II a similar board is established to handle similar matters for air transportation, such board being known as the National Air Transportation Adjustment Board. . . .
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Section 206 merely transfers all cases that may be pending before the National Labor Relations Board to the new set-up, and all records of decided cases, etc., are to be turned over to the National Mediation Board.
Section 207: Separability clause.
Section 208: Appropriation of such sums as may be necessary. There should be no need for additional appropriations for at least 6 months or a year, and then, perhaps, the Mediation Board might find it necessary to employ one additional conciliator.
(See Exhibit A, #4, pages 1 and 2)