{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-1206.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 1206.4","heading":"Time limits on applications.","body":"Except in unusual or extraordinary circumstances, the National Mediation Board will not accept an application for investigation of a representation dispute among employees of a carrier:\n(a) For a period of two (2) years from the date of a certification or decertification covering the same craft or class of employees on the same carrier, and\n(b) For a period of one (1) year from the date on which:\n(1) The Board dismissed a docketed application after having conducted an election among the same craft or class of employees on the same carrier and less than a majority of valid ballots cast were for representation; or\n(2) The Board dismissed a docketed application covering the same craft or class of employees on the same carrier because no dispute existed as defined in § 1206.2 of these rules; or\n(3) The Board dismissed a docketed application after the applicant withdrew an application covering the same craft or class of employees on the same carrier after the application was docketed by the Board.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER X—NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD","PART 1206—HANDLING REPRESENTATION DISPUTES UNDER THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"91e25969d731799ca14596e97a796b2296e34aa70874767185561098ee71bdc5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-1206.3","next":"us/29-cfr-1206.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}