[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1469 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1469

To require air carriers to provide 90 days' notice to the Secretary of 
     Transportation, the appropriate State agencies, and affected 
   communities prior to the termination, suspension, or significant 
                       reduction of air service.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 20 (legislative day, September 7), 1993

   Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Conrad, and Mr. Ford) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require air carriers to provide 90 days' notice to the Secretary of 
     Transportation, the appropriate State agencies, and affected 
   communities prior to the termination, suspension, or significant 
                       reduction of air service.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Air Service Termination Notice Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. AIR SERVICE TERMINATION NOTICE.

    (a) In General.--Title IV of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 
App. U.S.C. 1371 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section:

``SEC. 420. AIR SERVICE TERMINATION NOTICE.

    ``(a) In General.--An air carrier may not terminate, air 
transportation to any point, unless such air carrier has given the 
Secretary, each appropriate State agency, and each affected community 
at least 90 days' notice before such termination.
    ``(b) Emergency Exception.--On a case-by-case basis, the Secretary 
may modify or waive the requirements of subsection (a) for an air 
carrier experiencing a sudden and unforeseen financial emergency, if 
the Secretary finds that such requirements impose undue hardship on 
such air carrier.''.
    (b) Conforming Agreement.--The portion of the table of contents of 
the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to title IV is amended by 
inserting immediately after the item relating to section 419 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 420. Air service termination notice.
        ``(a) In general.
        ``(b) Emergency exceptions.''.

SEC. 3. CIVIL PENALTIES.

    Section 901(a)(1) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 App. 
U.S.C. 1471(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``section 420 or'' 
immediately after ``$10,000 for each violation of''.

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