Parties must submit final settlement offers to the Emergency Board within 30 days of its creation

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1. Scheduled follow-up · Feb 15, 2026
2. Completion due · Feb 15, 2026
3. Update · Jan 30, 2026, 10:51 AMin_progress
   The claim states that, under section 9A(f) of the Railway Labor Act, the parties to the disputes must submit final offers for settlement to the Board within 30 days after the Board is created. The White House action establishes the second Presidential Emergency Board on January 14, 2026, with the 30-day submission window beginning upon the Board’s creation (January 14, 2026). This yields a deadline around February 13, 2026 for final offers to be submitted to the Board (per the statutory framework cited in the action). As of January 30, 2026, public records show the Board has been created and the 30-day deadline is pending; there is no widely reported public record of final offers having been submitted to date. The Federal Register notes the framework for final-offer submission and the Board’s prospective report and selection process, but does not indicate a completed submission by that date. Progress toward completion can be characterized as ongoing but incomplete: the board exists, and the deadline for final offers is in the near future, with the completion condition tied to all parties submitting final offers. No public disclosures confirm that any offers have been submitted or that a selection process has occurred yet. Key dates include the January 14, 2026 creation of the second emergency board (White House action) and the roughly February 13–15, 2026 window for final offers and subsequent Board actions, per the referenced executive order and regulatory framework. The reliability of these dates rests on official White House notice and the Federal Register’s codification of the process. Source reliability: official White House documentation provides the board’s creation date and the 30-day final-offer requirement; the Federal Register outlines the statutory mechanics for later steps (report, selection). These sources are primary or official regulatory references and are suitable for tracking progress and deadlines in this dispute. For context, public-interest outlets have summarized the action, but the core milestones are drawn from the official documents.
   • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/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/
   • https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/20/2026-01061/establishing-a-second-emergency-board-to-investigate-disputes-between-the-long-island-rail-road
4. Scheduled follow-up · Jan 30, 2026
5. Original article · Jan 14, 2026
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