2021 U.S. Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 116 - Coronavirus Economic Stabilization (Cares Act)
Subchapter III - Economic Stabilization and Assistance to Severely Distressed Sectors of the United States Economy
Part C - Airline Worker Support Extension
Sec. 9096 - Limitation on certain employee compensation
| 15 U.S.C. § 9096 (2021) |
| §9096. Limitation on certain employee compensation |
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(a) In general
The Secretary may only provide financial assistance under this part to a passenger air carrier or contractor after such carrier or contractor enters into an agreement with the Secretary that provides that, during the 2-year period beginning October 1, 2020, and ending October 1, 2022— (1) no officer or employee of the passenger 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 December 27, 2020) will receive from the passenger air carrier or contractor— (A) total compensation that exceeds, during any 12 consecutive months of such 2-year period, the total compensation received by the officer or employee from the passenger air carrier or contractor in calendar year 2019; or (B) severance pay or other benefits upon termination of employment with the passenger air carrier or contractor which exceeds twice the maximum total compensation received by the officer or employee from the passenger air carrier or contractor in calendar year 2019; and (2) no officer or employee of the passenger air carrier or contractor 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 passenger air carrier or contractor in calendar year 2019. In this section, the term "total compensation" includes salary, bonuses, awards of stock, and other financial benefits provided by a passenger air carrier or contractor to an officer or employee of the passenger air carrier or contractor. |
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(Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title IV, §406, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2057.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This part, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "this subtitle", meaning subtitle A (§§401–412) of title IV of div. N of Pub. L. 116–260, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2052, which enacted this part and amended sections 9041, 9071, and 9074 of this title. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and not as part of the CARES Act which in part comprises this chapter. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 116 - CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT) SUBCHAPTER III - ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY Part C - Airline Worker Support Extension Sec. 9096 - Limitation on certain employee compensation |
| section 9096 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
| No |
| standard |
| 134 Stat. 2057, 2052 |
| Public Law 116-260 |
