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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Part B · Chapter 116 — Coronavirus Economic Stabilization (cares Act)

§ 9072. Pandemic relief for aviation workers

Statutory text

(a)

Financial assistance for employee wages, salaries, and benefits

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to preserve aviation jobs and compensate air carrier industry workers, the Secretary shall provide financial assistance that shall exclusively be used for the continuation of payment of employee wages, salaries, and benefits to—

(1)

passenger air carriers, in an aggregate amount up to $25,000,000,000;

(2)

cargo air carriers, in the aggregate amount up to $4,000,000,000; and

(3)

contractors, in an aggregate amount up to $3,000,000,000.

(b)

Administrative expenses

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, may use $67,000,000 of the funds made available under section 9080(a) 1 of this title for costs and administrative expenses associated with providing financial assistance under this part.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. There is no subsec. (a) in section 9080 of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

    Pub. L. 116–136 div. A title IV § 4112 · 134 Stat. 281

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 9072

    Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4112, Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 498

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4112, Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 498

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 4112. PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR AVIATION WORKERS. (a) Financial Assistance for Employee Wages, Salaries, and Benefits.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to preserve aviation jobs and compensate air carrier industry workers, the Secretary shall provide financial assistance that shall exclusively be used for the continuation of payment of employee wages, salaries, and benefits to— (1) passenger air carriers, in an aggregate amount up to $25,000,000,000; (2) cargo air carriers, in the aggregate amount up to $4,000,000,000; and (3) contractors, in an aggregate amount up to $3,000,000,000. (b) Administrative Expenses.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, may use $100,000,000 of the funds made available under section 4120(a) for costs and administrative expenses associated with providing financial assistance under this subtitle.

  2. Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2023

    Pub. L. 117–328 div. LL § 102(d)(1)(B) · 136 Stat. 4459

    Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 9072(b)

    Pub. L. 117–328 substituted “$67,000,000” for “$100,000,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–328 substituted “$67,000,000” for “$100,000,000”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 117–328 effective upon issuance of guidance or the promulgation of a rule by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, see section 102(c) of Pub. L. 117–328, set out as a note under secton 802 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–328 substituted “$67,000,000” for “$100,000,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2022 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 117–328 effective upon issuance of guidance or the promulgation of a rule by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, see section 102(c) of Pub. L. 117–328, set out as a note under secton 802 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Credits

2020–2022 · 2 acts
  1. 2020Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4112, , 134 Stat. 498
  2. 2022Pub. L. 117–328, div. LL, § 102(d)(1)(B), , 136 Stat. 6103.
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(Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4112, , 134 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 117–328, div. LL, § 102(d)(1)(B), , 136 Stat. 6103.)

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