[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 67 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 67

To express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning actions 
  that the President of the United States should take to resolve the 
  dispute between the Allied Pilots Association and American Airlines.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 1997

  Ms. Granger (for herself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Frost, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Sam 
Johnson of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Sessions, and 
 Mr. Brady) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning actions 
  that the President of the United States should take to resolve the 
  dispute between the Allied Pilots Association and American Airlines.

Whereas a strike by the Allied Pilots Association, the union of the pilots of 
        American Airlines, could lead to a severe disruption in air service;
Whereas such a strike could result in the loss of employment by tens of 
        thousands of individuals in the United States;
Whereas such a strike would affect approximately 20 percent of the domestic 
        airline traffic in the United States;
Whereas such a strike would cause more than 75,000 American Airlines employees 
        to be idle;
Whereas such a strike would affect--

    (1) the livelihood of thousands of other workers employed in airline 
and airport supply industries; and

    (2) commerce relating to tourism, logistics, and business requiring 
travel;

Whereas such a strike would cause substantial adverse economic effects in 
        communities of the United States;
Whereas such a strike could jeopardize the largest order made in history for the 
        production of civilian aircraft; and
Whereas because \1/4\ of the air traffic of American Airlines is in foreign air 
        commerce (as that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United 
        States Code), a strike would have an adverse effect with respect to--

    (1) the expansion of the market of United States goods and services in 
foreign countries; and

    (2) the trading partners of the United States: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the President should monitor the National Mediation 
        Board's attempt to facilitate a resolution of the labor dispute 
        between the Allied Pilots Association and AMR, the parent 
        company of American Airlines; and
            (2) the President should--
                    (A) encourage--
                            (i) the settlement of the issues that are 
                        the subject of the labor dispute through the 
                        use of the services of the National Mediation 
                        Board established under section 4 of the 
                        Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 154) before 
                        midnight on February 15, 1997 (which is the 
                        date specified by the Allied Pilots Association 
                        as the deadline for averting a strike); or
                            (ii) the achievement, by the date specified 
                        in clause (i), of an agreement by the parties 
                        to the dispute to arbitrate the issues that are 
                        the subject of the labor dispute through the 
                        National Mediation Board; and
                    (B) if recommended by the National Mediation Board, 
                promptly establish a board under section 10 of the 
                Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160) to serve as an 
                emergency board to investigate the matter relating to 
                the labor dispute and to make a report to the President 
                in the manner prescribed in that section.
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