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Suggested Citation:"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Railroad Legal Issues and Resources. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22093.
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4 C. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AAPD American Association of People with Disabilities ADA Americans with Disabilities Act Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation Amtrak Act Rail Passenger Service Act ARAA Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 CEQ Council of Environmental Quality CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act COGSA Carriage of Goods by Sea Act CRA Clean Railroads Act CREATE Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program DOT Department of Transportation EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission FCA False Claims Act EPA Environmental Protection Agency FELA Federal Employers’ Liability Act FHWA Federal Highway Administration FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act FMSLMRS Federal Service Labor–Management Relations Statute FOPA Firearm Owners’ Protection Act FRA Federal Railroad Administration FRSA Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970

5 FSAA Federal Safety Appliance Act FTA Federal Transit Administration FSAA Federal Safety Appliance Act HMSA Hazardous Materials Safety Act HMTA Hazardous Materials Transportation Act HSIP Highway Safety Improvement Program HSIPR High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail HSR High-Speed Rail ICC Interstate Commerce Commission ICCTA Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 LIA Locomotive Inspection Act LMRA Labor Management Relations Act MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act MERA Minnesota Environmental Rights Act MTCA Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NHPA National Historic Preservation Act NITU Notice of Interim Trail Use or Abandonment NLRA National Labor Relations Act NMB National Mediation Board NRAB National Railroad Adjustment Board NTSB National Transportation Safety Board

6 OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration PRIAA Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 PUC Public Utility Commission 3R Act Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 4R Act Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act RLA Railway Labor Act RRA Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 RRIF Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Act RSIA Rail Safety Improvement Act RRSIA Railroad Retirement and Survivors’ Improvement Act RUIA Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users STB Surface Transportation Board TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century TIFIA Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act TIGER Transportation Investment Generating Economy Recovery program Trails Act National Trails Systems Act

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TRB’s National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Legal Research Digest 2: Railroad Legal Issues and Resources presents legal issues of importance that attorneys may encounter when representing both freight and passenger railroad owners, and operators involved in railroad-related transactions. Issues explored in the report range from abandonment and discontinuance to constitutional law, construction, contracts, interaction with regulatory agencies, safety, retirement, and numerous other subjects.

The electronic version of the digest includes more than 700 pages of case law presenting detailed summaries of statutes, regulations, cases, and relevant articles as a fundamental resource for use in understanding the background and broad ramifications of railroad-related law reflected in each category. To access the case law, click the Roman numeral headings, which are linked to the legal topics. A search for the legal topic will also result in finding it. The printed digest includes an annotated index of the case law and a bound-in CD-ROM with the case law reference materials.

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