Congress 107 - HR 1407 - To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit air carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays, and for other purposes.

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Access to airports Administrative remedies Air routes Airline passenger traffic Airlines Airports Antitrust law Commerce Competition Conferences Contracts Department of Transportation Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Law Monopolies Public interest Traffic congestion Transportation and Public Works

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Amends Federal aviation law to authorize an air carrier to file with the Attorney General a request for: (1) authority to discuss with one or more other air carriers or foreign air carriers agreements or cooperative arrangements limiting flights at an airport during a time period when scheduled air transportation exceeds airport capacity; and (2) approval of such agreements or cooperative arrangements with respect to such limits on interstate air transportation. Directs the Attorney General, notwithstanding U.S. antitrust laws, to approve such requests if: (1) such discussions and resulting agreements are not adverse to the public interest; (2) they will facilitate voluntary adjustments in air carrier schedules that could lead to a substantial reduction in travel delays and improvement of air transportation service to the public; (3) they will not substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly; and (4) reduction in delays cannot be achieved by any other immediately available means. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) approve such agreements and cooperative arrangements only if each air carrier or foreign air carrier providing service or seeking to provide service to an airport under such an agreement or cooperative arrangement has agreed to it; and (2) impose any terms or conditions on any approved agreement that are needed to protect the public interest and to protect air service to an airport that has less than .25 percent of the total annual boardings in the United States (non-hub and small hub airports). Prohibits participants in approved discussions from: (1) discussing or entering into agreements regarding rates, fares, charges, or in-flight services; or (2) discussing particular city pairs, or submitting to other air carriers or foreign air carriers information on their proposed service or schedules in a fashion that indicates the involvement of city pairs.

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Jun 28, 2001

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 66.
Jun 28, 2001

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 107-77, Part II.
Jun 20, 2001

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 20, 2001

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 23, 2001

Referred sequentially to the House Committee on the Judiciary for a period ending not later than July 9, 2001 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X.
May 23, 2001

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 107-77, Part I.
May 16, 2001

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 16, 2001

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 10, 2001

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
May 10, 2001

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 26, 2001

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 5, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Apr 4, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 4, 2001

Introduced in House

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