15 U.S.C. §§ 9072–9073 — Pandemic Relief for Aviation Workers; Procedures for Providing Payroll Support

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This page of the U.S. Code prints 15 U.S.C. § 9072, Pandemic relief for aviation workers, enacted by Pub. L. 116–136 on Mar. 27, 2020. To preserve aviation jobs and compensate air carrier industry workers, the Secretary of the Treasury must provide financial assistance of up to $25,000,000,000 to passenger air carriers, $4,000,000,000 to cargo air carriers and $3,000,000,000 to contractors. The Secretary may use $67,000,000 for administrative costs, a figure Pub. L. 117–328 substituted for $100,000,000 in 2022. The adjoining § 9073 sizes each award by the salaries and benefits paid from April 1, 2019, through September 30, 2019, and allows pro rata reductions.

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Page 2547 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 9073

loughed employee notifying the employee L. 117–328, set out as a note under secton 802 of Title 42,
that— The Public Health and Welfare.
(A) the employee must, within a specified
§ 9073. Procedures for providing payroll support
period of time that is not less than 14 days,
elect either— (a) Awardable amounts
(i) to return to employment or bypass re- The Secretary shall provide financial assist-
turn to employment in accordance with an ance under this part—
applicable collective bargaining agreement (1) to an air carrier in an amount equal to
or, in the absence of a collective bar- the salaries and benefits reported by the air
gaining agreement, company policy; or carrier to the Department of Transportation
(ii) to permanently separate from em- pursuant to part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal
ployment with the contractor; and Regulations, for the period from April 1, 2019,
(B) failure to respond within such time pe- through September 30, 2019; and
riod specified will be deemed to be an elec- (2) to an air carrier that does not transmit
tion under subparagraph (A)(ii); and reports under such part 241, in an amount that
such air carrier certifies, using sworn finan-
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec- cial statements or other appropriate data, as
retary of the Treasury. the amount of wages, salaries, benefits, and
(Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4111, Mar. 27, other compensation that such air carrier paid
2020, 134 Stat. 497; Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title the employees of such air carrier during the
IV, § 412(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2061.) period from April 1, 2019, through September
30, 2019; and
Editorial Notes (3) to a contractor, in an amount that the
contractor certifies, using sworn financial
AMENDMENTS
statements or other appropriate data, as the
2020—Pars. (5), (6). Pub. L. 116–260 added par. (5) and amount of wages, salaries, benefits, and other
redesignated former par. (5) as (6). compensation that such contractor paid the
§ 9072. Pandemic relief for aviation workers employees of such contractor during the pe-
riod from April 1, 2019, through September 30,
(a) Financial assistance for employee wages, sal- 2019.
aries, and benefits (b) Deadlines and procedures
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, (1) In general
to preserve aviation jobs and compensate air
(A) Forms; terms and conditions
carrier industry workers, the Secretary shall
provide financial assistance that shall exclu- Financial assistance provided to an air
sively be used for the continuation of payment carrier or contractor under this part shall be
of employee wages, salaries, and benefits to— in such form, on such terms and conditions
(1) passenger air carriers, in an aggregate (including requirements for audits and the
amount up to $25,000,000,000; clawback of any financial assistance pro-
(2) cargo air carriers, in the aggregate vided upon failure by a passenger air carrier,
amount up to $4,000,000,000; and cargo air carrier, or contractor to honor the
(3) contractors, in an aggregate amount up assurances specified in section 9074 of this
to $3,000,000,000. title), as the Secretary determines appro-
priate.
(b) Administrative expenses
(B) Procedures
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary, may use $67,000,000 of the funds The Secretary shall publish streamlined
made available under section 9080(a) 1 of this and expedited procedures not later than 5
title for costs and administrative expenses asso- days after March 27, 2020, for air carriers and
ciated with providing financial assistance under contractors to submit requests for financial
this part. assistance under this part.
(2) Deadline for immediate payroll assistance
(Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4112, Mar. 27,
2020, 134 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 117–328, div. LL, Not later than 10 days after March 27, 2020,
§ 102(d)(1)(B), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 6103.) the Secretary shall make initial payments to
air carriers and contractors that submit re-
Editorial Notes quests for financial assistance approved by to
the Secretary.
AMENDMENTS
(3) Subsequent payments
2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–328 substituted
‘‘$67,000,000’’ for ‘‘$100,000,000’’. The Secretary shall determine an appro-
priate method for timely distribution of pay-
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ments to air carriers and contractors with ap-
proved requests for financial assistance from
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2022 AMENDMENT any funds remaining available after providing
Amendment by Pub. L. 117–328 effective upon initial financial assistance payments under
issuance of guidance or the promulgation of a rule by paragraph (2).
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of Transportation, see section 102(c) of Pub. (c) Pro rata authority
The Secretary shall have the authority to re-
1 So in original. There is no subsec. (a) in section 9080 of this duce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts due to air
title. carriers and contractors under the applicable

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