15 U.S.C. § 9097
Minimum air service guarantees
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 9097, Minimum air service guarantees, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/442687
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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 March 1, 2020.
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.
The authority provided under this section shall terminate on March 1, 2022, and any requirements issued by the Secretary of Transportation under this section shall cease to apply after that date.
It is the sense of Congress that, when implementing this section, the Secretary of Transportation should take into consideration the following:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally