(b) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO CONDITION ASSISTANCE ON CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to require, to the extent reasonable and practicable, an air carrier provided financial assistance under this subtitle to maintain scheduled air transportation service, as the Secretary of Transportation deems necessary, to ensure services to any point served by that carrier before March 1,
13 2020.
(2) REQUIRED CONSIDERATIONS.—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 and the need to maintain well-functioning health care supply chains, including medical devices and supplies, and pharmaceutical supply chains.
(3) SUNSET.—The authority provided under
this subsection shall terminate on March 1, 2022, and any requirements issued by the Secretary of Transportation under this subsection shall cease to
apply after that date.
SEC. 4115. PROTECTION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Neither the Secretary, nor any other actor, department, or agency of the Federal Govern- ment, shall condition the issuance of financial assistance under this subtitle on an air carrier’s or contractor’s im- plementation of measures to enter into negotiations with the certified bargaining representative of a craft or class of employees of the air carrier or contractor under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), regarding pay or other terms and conditions of employment.
(b) PERIOD OF EFFECT.—With respect to an air car- rier or contractor to which financial assistance is provided under this subtitle, this section shall be in effect with re- spect to the air carrier or contractor beginning on the date on which the air carrier or contractor is first issued such financial assistance and ending on September 30, 2020.
SEC. 4116. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may only provide financial assistance under this subtitle to an air carrier or contractor after such carrier or contractor enters into an agreement with the Secretary which provides that, during the 2-year period beginning March 24, 2020, and ending March 24, 2022, no officer or employee of the air carrier or contractor whose total compensation exceeded $425,000 in calendar year 2019 (other than an employee whose compensation is determined through an existing collective bargaining agreement entered into prior to enactment of this Act)—
(1) will receive from the air carrier or contractor total compensation which exceeds, during
any 12 consecutive months of such 2-year period, the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier or contractor in calendar year 2019;
(2) will receive from the air carrier or contractor severance pay or other benefits upon termination of employment with the air carrier or contractor which exceeds twice the maximum total compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier or contractor in calendar year 2019;
and
(3) no officer or employee of the eligible business whose total compensation exceeded $3,000,000 in calendar year 2019 may receive during any 12 consecutive months of such period total compensation in excess of the sum of—
(A) $3,000,000; and
(B) 50 percent of the excess over $3,000,000 of the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the eligible business in calendar year 2019.
(b) TOTAL COMPENSATION DEFINED.—In this sec- tion, the term ‘‘total compensation’’ includes salary, bo- nuses, awards of stock, and other financial benefits pro- vided by an air carrier or contractor to an officer or em- ployee of the air carrier or contractor.
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