[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8786 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8786

 To allow certain foreign air carriers to stop in Guam or the Northern 
Mariana Islands in the course of transportation of passengers or cargo 
 in either direction between a place in the United States and a place 
           outside the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2024

Mr. Moylan (for himself and Mr. Sablan) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow certain foreign air carriers to stop in Guam or the Northern 
Mariana Islands in the course of transportation of passengers or cargo 
 in either direction between a place in the United States and a place 
           outside the United States, 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 ``Pacific Island Flight Alternatives 
Act of 2024'' or ``PIFAA''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Limited air competition has made flights from Guam to 
        the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands or to Hawaii 
        exceedingly expensive.
            (2) The airports of Antonio B. Won Pat Guam International 
        Airport (IATA: GUM), Francisco C. Ada Saipan International 
        Airport (IATA: SPN), Francisco Manglona Borja Tinian 
        International Airport (IATA: TIQ), and Benjamin Taisacan 
        Manglona Rota International Airport (IATA: ROP) rely on foreign 
        air carriers for travel.
            (3) The nations of Japan, Philippines, and the Republic of 
        Korea have been critical allies for the United States within 
        the Indo-Pacific region.
            (4) The nations of Japan, Philippines, and the Republic of 
        Korea and the air carriers of such nations have been vital in 
        supplementing deficiencies of United States air carriers when 
        flying between the United States and other Pacific Islands.

SEC. 3. AIR COMMERCE IN GUAM AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    Section 41703 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(f) Air Commerce in Guam and Northern Mariana Islands.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (c), 
        passengers or cargo added to or removed from an authorized 
        Pacific aircraft at a place in Guam or the Northern Mariana 
        Islands in the course of transportation of such passengers or 
        cargo in either direction between a place in the United States 
        and a place outside the United States shall not be deemed to 
        have broken the international journey of such authorized 
        Pacific aircraft.
            ``(2) Authorized pacific aircraft.--In this subsection, the 
        term `authorized Pacific aircraft' means an aircraft registered 
        to a foreign air carrier from Japan, Philippines, or the 
        Republic of Korea that holds a permit under section 41302.''.
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