FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT
          TITLE 45, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTIONS 51-60


SECTION 1. (45 USC 51)

     Every common carrier by railroad while engaged in commerce
between any of the several States or Territories, or between any
of the States and Territories, or between the District of Columbia
and any of the States or Territories, or between the District of
Columbia or any of the States or Territories in any foreign nation
or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering
injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or,
in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal
representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband
and children of such employee; and, if none, then of such
employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent
upon such employee, for such injury or death resulting in whole or
part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or
employees of such carrier, or by any reason of any defect or
insufficiency due to its negligence, in its cars, engines,
appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves or
other equipment.

     Any employee of a carrier, any part of whose duties as such
employee shall be the furtherance of interstate or foreign
commerce; or shall, in any way directly or closely and
substantially affect such commerce as above set forth shall, for
the purpose of this Act, be considered as being employed by such
carrier in such commerce and shall be considered as entitled to
the benefits of this Act and of an Act entitled "An Act relating
to the liability of common carriers by railroad to their employees
in certain cases" (approved April 22, 1908), as the same has been
or may hereafter be amended.


SECTION 2.

     Every common carrier by railroad in the Territories, the
District of Columbia, the Panama Canal Zone, or other possessions
of the United States shall be liable in damages to any person
suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in any of
said jurisdictions, or, in case of the death of such employee, to
his or her personal representatives, for the benefit of the
surviving widow or husband and children of such employee; and, if
none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none, then of the
next of kin dependent upon such employee, for such injury or death
resulting in whole or part from the negligence of any of the
officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by any reason
of any defect or insufficiency due to its negligence, in its cars,
engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats,
wharves or other equipment.


SECTION 3.

     In all actions hereafter brought against any such common
carrier by railroad under or by virtue of any of the provisions of
this chapter to recover damages for personal injuries to an
employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the
fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory
negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be
diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence
attributable to such employee.  Provided, That no such employee
who may be injured or killed shall be held to have been guilty of
contributory negligence in any case where the violation by such
common carrier of any statute enacted for the safety of employees
contributed to the injury or death of such employee.


SECTION 4.

     In any action brought against any common carrier under or by
virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter to recover damages
for injuries to, or the death of, any of its employees, such
employee shall not be held to have assumed the risks of his
employment in any case where such injury or death resulted in whole
or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents or
employees of such carrier; and no employee shall be held to have
assumed the risks of his employment in any case where the violation
by such common carrier of any statute enacted for the safety of
employees contributed to the injury or death of such employee.


SECTION 5.

     Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the
purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier
to exempt itself from any liability created by this chapter, shall
to that extent be void:  Provided, That in any action brought
against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the
provisions of this chapter such common carrier may set off therein
any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief
benefit, or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured
employee or the person entitled thereto on account of the injury
or death for which said action was brought.


SECTION 6.

     No action shall be maintained under this chapter unless
commenced within three years from the day the cause of action
occurred.  Under this chapter an action may be brought in a
district court of the United States, in the district of residence
of the defendant, or in which the cause of action arose, or in
which the defendant shall be doing business at the time of
commencing such action.  The jurisdiction of the courts of the
United States under this chapter shall be concurrent with that of
the courts of the several states, and no case arising under this
chapter and brought in any state court of competent jurisdiction
shall be removed to any court of the United States.


SECTION 7.

     The term "common carrier" as used in this chapter shall
include the receiver or receivers or other persons or corporations
charged with the duty of the management and operation of the
business of a common carrier.


SECTION 8.

     Nothing in this chapter shall be held to limit the duty or
liability of common carriers or to impair the rights of their
employees under any other Act or Acts of Congress.


SECTION 9.

     Any right of action given by this chapter to a person
suffering an injury shall survive to his or her to his or her
personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or
husband and children of such employee, and, if none, then of such
employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent
upon such employee, but in such cases there shall be only one
recovery for the same injury.


SECTION 10.

     Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the
purpose, intent, or effect of which shall be to prevent employees
of any common carrier from furnishing voluntarily information to
a person in interest as to the facts incident to the injury or
death of any employee, shall be void, and whoever, by threat,
intimidation, order, rule, contract, regulation, or device
whatsoever, shall attempt to prevent any person from furnishing
voluntarily such information to a person in interest, or whoever
discharges or otherwise disciplines or attempts to discipline any
employee for furnishing voluntarily such information to a person
in interest, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than one year
or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense; Provided,
That nothing herein contained shall be construed to void any
contract, rule, or regulation with respect to any information
contained in the files of the carrier, or other privileged or
confidential reports.

     If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or
the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held
invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the
applicability of such provision to other persons and circumstances
shall not be affected thereby.