[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2831 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2831

To provide assistance to certain airline industry workers who have lost 
                  their jobs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2002

 Mrs. Carnahan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide assistance to certain airline industry workers who have lost 
                  their jobs, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Airline Worker Relief Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Air carrier.--The term ``air carrier'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 40102 of title 49, United States 
        Code.
            (2) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Air Transportation 
        Stabilization Board established under section 102(b) of the Air 
        Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 
        40101 note).
            (3) Federal credit instrument.--The term ``Federal credit 
        instrument'' has the meaning given that term in section 107 of 
        the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 
        U.S.C. 40101 note).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Labor.
            (5) Totally separated.--The term ``totally separated'' 
        means the layoff or severance of an individual from employment 
        with an air carrier.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN AIRLINE WORKERS.

    The Secretary shall provide assistance to an eligible worker in the 
same manner as adjustment assistance is provided to an adversely 
affected worker under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.).

SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY.

    For the purposes of section 3, an individual shall be treated as an 
eligible worker, if the Secretary determines that the individual--
            (1) had been employed by a single air carrier for at least 
        26 weeks during the 52-week period ending with the week in 
        which the employee is totally separated;
            (2) became totally separated from the air carrier no more 
        than 90 days after the date on which the Board denied the air 
        carrier's application for a Federal credit instrument; and
            (3) submits an application to the Secretary (in such form 
        and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe) for the assistance 
        described in section 3 by the date that is the latter of--
                    (A) 1 year after the worker becomes totally 
                separated from the air carrier; or
                    (B) 180 days after the date that the Secretary 
                issued final regulations under section 5 of this Act.

SEC. 5. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as the Secretary deems 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 6. APPLICABILITY.

    The provisions of this Act shall apply to an individual who--
            (1) meets the eligibility criteria described in section 4; 
        and
            (2) was employed by an air carrier on or after September 
        22, 2001.
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