Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Part C · Chapter 116 — Coronavirus Economic Stabilization (cares Act)
§ 9097. Minimum air service guarantees
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to require, to the extent reasonable and practicable, an air carrier provided financial assistance under this part to maintain scheduled air transportation, as the Secretary of Transportation determines necessary, to ensure services to any point served by that air carrier before .
Required considerations
When considering whether to exercise the authority provided by this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall take into consideration the air transportation needs of small and remote communities, the need to maintain well-functioning health care supply chains, including medical devices and supplies, and pharmaceutical supply chains.
Sunset
The authority provided under this section shall terminate on , and any requirements issued by the Secretary of Transportation under this section shall cease to apply after that date.
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that, when implementing this section, the Secretary of Transportation should take into consideration the following:
A number of airports and communities have lost air service as a result of consolidated operations by covered air carriers, as permitted by the Department of Transportation, including smaller airports that are located near larger airports.
Airports covering common points, as determined by the Department of Transportation, do not align with the grouping commonly used by many air carriers, other Federal agencies, and distribution channels used by consumers to purchase air travel.
The demographic, geographic, economic, and other characteristics of an area and affected communities when determining whether consolidated operations at a single airport effectively serve the needs of the point.
Maintaining a robust air transportation system, including maintaining air service to airports throughout the United States, plays an important role in the effective distribution of a coronavirus vaccine.
The objections from community respondents on whether a specific airport should or should not be included in a consolidated point, including those objections noting the importance of the required considerations set forth in subsection (b).
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.
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021
Pub. L. 116–260 div. N title IV § 407 · 134 Stat. 1182
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 9097
(Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title IV, § 407, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2058.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title IV, § 407, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2058.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified as inherently governmental for purposes of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note).
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This part, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A (§§ 401–412) of title IV of div. N of Pub. L. 116–260, , 134 Stat. 2052, which enacted this part and amended sections 9041, 9071, and 9074 of this title. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and not as part of the CARES Act which in part comprises this chapter.
Credits
(Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title IV, § 407, , 134 Stat. 2058.)