Executive Order No. 14374. Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

• Executive Order No.: 14374
• Published date: 20 January 2026
• Date: 14 January 2026
• FR Document: 2026-01061
• Pages: 2457-2458
• Citation: 91 FR 2457
• Issuer: Executive Office of the President
• Section: Presidential Documents

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Executive Order 14374 of January 14, 2026

Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate Dis-

putes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Cer-

tain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organi-

zations

Disputes exist between the Long Island Rail Road Company and certain

of its employees represented by certain labor organizations. The labor organi-

zations involved in these disputes are the Transportation Communications

Union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the Brother-

hood of Railroad Signalmen, the International Association of Machinists

and Aerospace Workers, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical

Workers.

The disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of

the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C. 151–188 (RLA).

An emergency board to investigate and report on these disputes was estab-

lished on September 18, 2025, by Executive Order 14349 of September

16, 2025 (Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between

the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented

by Certain Labor Organizations). That emergency board terminated upon

submission of its report to the President. Subsequently, its recommendations

were not accepted by all of the parties.

A party empowered by the RLA has requested that the President establish

a second emergency board pursuant to section 9A of the RLA (45 U.S.C.

159a).

Section 9A(e) of the RLA provides that the President, upon such request,

shall appoint a second emergency board to investigate and report on the

disputes.

NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 9A of

the RLA, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Establishment of a Second Emergency Board (Board). There is

established, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on January 16, 2026,

a Board composed of a chair and two other members, all of whom shall

be appointed by the President to investigate and report on these disputes.

No member shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization

of railroad employees or any carrier. The Board shall perform its functions

subject to the availability of funds.

Sec. 2. Report. As provided by section 9A(f) of the RLA, within 30 days

after the creation of the Board, the parties to the disputes shall submit

to the Board final offers for settlement of the disputes. As provided by

section 9A(g) of the RLA, within 30 days after the submission of final

offers for settlement of the disputes, the Board shall submit a report to

the President setting forth the Board’s selection of the most reasonable

offer.

Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section 9A(h) of the RLA,

from the time a request to establish the Board is made until 60 days after

the Board submits its report to the President, the parties to the controversy

shall make no change in the conditions out of which the disputes arose

except by agreement of the parties.

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Sec. 4. Records Maintenance. The records and files of the Board are records

of the Office of the President and upon the Board’s termination shall be

maintained in the physical custody of the National Mediation Board.

Sec. 5. Expiration. The Board shall terminate upon the submission of the

report to the President provided for in section 2 of this order.

Sec. 6. Costs of Publication. The costs for publication of this order shall

be borne by the Department of Transportation.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 14, 2026.

[FR Doc. 2026–01061

Filed 1–16–26; 11:15 am]

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