15 U.S.C. § 9141 — Air transportation payroll support pro-

Page 2563 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 9141 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by ‘‘to’’. 2 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon. PART G—AIRLINES Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Part G was enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and not as part of the CARES Act which in part comprises this chapter. § 9141. Air transportation payroll support pro- gram extension (a) Definitions The definitions in section 40102(a) of title 49 shall apply with respect to terms used in this section, except that— (1) the term ‘‘catering functions’’ means preparation, assembly, or both, of food, bev- erages, provisions and related supplies for de- livery, and the delivery of such items, directly to aircraft or to a location on or near airport property for subsequent delivery to aircraft; (2) the term ‘‘contractor’’ means— (A) a person that performs, under contract with a passenger air carrier conducting oper- ations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed- eral Regulations— (i) catering functions; or (ii) functions on the property of an air- port that are directly related to the air transportation of persons, property, or mail, including the loading and unloading of property on aircraft, assistance to pas- sengers under part 382 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, security, airport ticketing and check-in functions, ground- handling of aircraft, or aircraft cleaning and sanitization functions and waste re- moval; or (B) a subcontractor that performs such functions; (3) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an indi- vidual, other than a corporate officer, who is employed by an air carrier or a contractor; (4) the term ‘‘eligible air carrier’’ means an air carrier that— (A) received financial assistance pursuant 1 section 9092(a)(1) of this title; (B) provides air transportation as of March 31, 2021; (C) has not conducted involuntary fur- loughs or reduced pay rates or benefits be- tween March 31, 2021, and the date on which the air carrier makes a certification to the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (D); and (D) certifies to the Secretary that such air carrier will— (i) refrain from conducting involuntary furloughs or reducing pay rates or benefits until September 30, 2021, or the date on which assistance provided under this sec- tion is exhausted, whichever is later; (ii) refrain from purchasing an equity se- curity of the air carrier or the parent com- pany of the air carrier that is listed on a national securities exchange through Sep- tember 30, 2022; (iii) refrain from paying dividends, or making other capital distributions, with respect to common stock (or equivalent in- terest) of such air carrier through Sep- tember 30, 2022; (iv) during the 2-year period beginning April 1, 2021, and ending April 1, 2023, re- frain from paying— (I) any officer or employee of the air carrier whose total compensation ex- ceeded $425,000 in calendar year 2019 (other than an employee whose com- pensation is determined through an ex- isting collective bargaining agreement entered into prior to March 11, 2021)— (aa) total compensation that ex- ceeds, during any 12 consecutive months of such 2-year period, the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier in cal- endar year 2019; or (bb) severance pay or other benefits upon termination of employment with the air carrier which exceeds twice the maximum total compensation received by the officer or employee from the air carrier in calendar year 2019; and (II) any officer or employee of the air carrier whose total compensation ex- ceeded $3,000,000 in calendar year 2019 during any 12 consecutive months of such period total compensation in excess of the sum of— (aa) $3,000,000; and (bb) 50 percent of the excess over $3,000,000 of the total compensation re- ceived by the officer or employee from the air carrier in calendar year 2019.2 (5) the term ‘‘eligible contractor’’ means a contractor that— (A) received financial assistance pursuant to section 9092(a)(2) of this title; (B) performs one or more of the functions described under paragraph (2) as of March 31, 2021; (C) has not conducted involuntary fur- loughs or reduced pay rates or benefits be- tween March 31, 2021, and the date on which the contractor makes a certification to the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (D); and (D) certifies to the Secretary that such contractor will— (i) refrain from conducting involuntary furloughs or reducing pay rates or benefits until September 30, 2021, or the date on which assistance provided under this sec- tion is exhausted, whichever is later; (ii) refrain from purchasing an equity se- curity of the contractor or the parent com- pany of the contractor that is listed on a national securities exchange through Sep- tember 30, 2022; (iii) refrain from paying dividends, or making other capital distributions, with respect to common stock (or equivalent in- terest) of the contractor through Sep- tember 30, 2022; (iv) during the 2-year period beginning April 1, 2021, and ending April 1, 2023, re- frain from paying— Page 2564 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 9201 3 So in original. The period probably should be ‘‘; and’’. 4 So in original. (I) any officer or employee of the con- tractor whose total compensation ex- ceeded $425,000 in calendar year 2019 (other than an employee whose com- pensation is determined through an ex- isting collective bargaining agreement entered into prior to March 11, 2021)— (aa) total compensation that ex- ceeds, during any 12 consecutive months of such 2-year period, the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the contractor in calendar year 2019; or (bb) severance pay or other benefits upon termination of employment with the contractor which exceeds twice the maximum total compensation received by the officer or employee from the contractor in calendar year 2019; and (II) any officer or employee of the con- tractor whose total compensation ex- ceeded $3,000,000 in calendar year 2019 during any 12 consecutive months of such period total compensation in excess of the sum of— (aa) $3,000,000; and (bb) 50 percent of the excess over $3,000,000 of the total compensation re- ceived by the officer or employee from the contractor in calendar year 2019.3 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec- retary of the Treasury. (b) Payroll support grants (1) In general The Secretary shall make available to eligi- ble air carriers and eligible contractors, finan- cial assistance exclusively for the continu- ation of payment of employee wages, salaries, and benefits to— (A) eligible air carriers, in an aggregate amount of $14,000,000,000; and (B) eligible contractors, in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000,000. (2) Apportionments (A) In general The Secretary shall apportion funds to eli- gible air carriers and eligible contractors in accordance with the requirements of this section not later than April 15, 2021. (B) Eligible air carriers The Secretary shall apportion funds made available under paragraph (1)(A) to each eli- gible air carrier in the ratio that— (i) the amount received by the air carrier pursuant to section 9093(a) of this title bears to (ii) $15,000,000,000. (C) Eligible contractors The Secretary shall apportion, to each eli- gible contractor, an amount equal to the total amount such contractor received pur- suant to section 9093(a) of this title. (3) In general (A) Forms; terms and conditions The Secretary shall provide financial as- sistance to an eligible air carrier or eligible contractor under this section in the same form and on the same terms and conditions as determined by pursuant to 4 section 9093(b)(1)(A) of this title. (B) Procedures The Secretary shall publish streamlined and expedited procedures not later than 5 days after March 11, 2021, for eligible air car- riers and eligible contractors to submit re- quests for financial assistance under this section. (C) Deadline for immediate payroll assist- ance Not later than 10 days after March 11, 2021, the Secretary shall make initial payments to air carriers and contractors that submit requests for financial assistance approved by the Secretary. (4) Taxpayer protection The Secretary shall receive financial instru- ments issued by recipients of financial assist- ance under this section in the same form and amount, and under the same terms and condi- tions, as determined by the Secretary under section 9098 of this title. (5) Administrative expenses Of the amounts made available under para- graph (1)(A), $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary for costs and administrative expenses associated with providing financial assistance under this section. (c) Funding In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, $15,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out this section. (Pub. L. 117–2, title VII, § 7301, Mar. 11, 2021, 135 Stat. 104.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and not as part of the CARES Act which in part comprises this chapter. CHAPTER 117—IDENTIFYING OUTPUTS OF GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS Sec. 9201. Findings. 9202. NSF support of research on manipulated or synthesized content and information secu- rity. 9203. NIST support for research and standards on generative adversarial networks. 9204. Generative adversarial network defined. § 9201. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Gaps currently exist on the underlying research needed to develop tools that detect videos, audio files, or photos that have manip- ulated or synthesized content, including those generated by generative adversarial networks. Research on digital forensics is also needed to