Airline Accountability Act

Summary: Airline Accountability Act This bill directs the General Services Administration (GSA) to require an air carrier, as a condition of eligibility for a contract under the City Pair Program, to: (1) disclose to the Department of Labor, annually, whether within the preceding three-year period any administrative merits determination, arbitral award or decision, or civil judgment has been issued against the carrier or any of its subcontractors for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the National Labor Relations Act, the Davis-Bacon Act, the Service Contract Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, or other specified labor laws and executive orders; and (2) incorporate into each subcontract a requirement that the subcontractor disclose to the carrier any such determination, award, decision, or judgment rendered against the subcontractor within the preceding three-year period for violations of any of such laws. Labor shall provide an air carrier that makes such a disclosure an opportunity, annually, to report any steps taken by the carrier or any of its subcontractors to correct the violations or improve compliance. may negotiate corrective measures that the carrier or any of its subcontractors may take in order to avoid having the carrier placed on the list. For each year that a contract is solicited under the program, Labor shall prepare and submit to the GSA a list of air carriers that shall be ineligible for such solicitation based on serious, repeated, willful, or pervasive violations of the labor laws and the failure of such carriers or any of its subcontractors to complete a corrective measure negotiated. The GSA shall not solicit a contract under the program from any carrier on the list that applies to the year of the solicitation. Labor may negotiate corrective measures that a carrier or any of its subcontractors may take in order to avoid having the carrier placed on the list.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC SECURITY AND WORKPLACE ACCOUNTABILITY.

    (a) Required Disclosures.--The Administrator of the General 
Services Administration shall require an air carrier, as a condition of 
eligibility for a contract under the City Pair Program (or a successive 
program for Federal employee air travel administered by such 
Administrator), to disclose to the Secretary of Labor, on an annual 
basis and to the best of the air carrier's knowledge, whether, within 
the preceding 3-year period, any administrative merits determination, 
arbitral award or decision, or civil judgment, as defined in guidance 
issued by the Secretary of Labor, has been issued against the air 
carrier or any of its subcontractors, for violations of any of the 
following labor laws, including Executive orders:
            (1) The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
        seq.).
            (2) The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
        U.S.C. 651 et seq.).
            (3) The National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et 
        seq.).
            (4) Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
        Code (commonly known as the ``Davis-Bacon Act'').
            (5) Chapter 67 of title 41, United States Code (commonly 
        known as the ``Service Contract Act'').
            (6) Executive Order 11246 (42 U.S.C. 2000e note; relating 
        to equal employment opportunity).
            (7) Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
        U.S.C. 793).
            (8) Section 4212 of title 38, United States Code.
            (9) The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
        2601 et seq.).
            (10) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
        2000e et seq.).
            (11) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        12101 et seq.).
            (12) The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 
        U.S.C. 621 et seq.).
            (13) Executive Order 13658 (79 Fed. Reg. 9851; relating to 
        establishing a minimum wage for contractors).
            (14) Equivalent State laws, as defined in guidance issued 
        by the Secretary of Labor.
    (b) Responsibility for Subcontractors.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the General Services 
        Administration shall require an air carrier, as a condition of 
        eligibility for a contract under the City Pair Program (or a 
        successive program for Federal employee air travel administered 
        by such Administrator), to incorporate into each subcontract a 
        requirement that the subcontractor discloses to the air carrier 
        any administrative merits determination, arbitral award or 
        decision, or civil judgment, as defined in guidance issued by 
        the Secretary of Labor, rendered against the subcontractor 
        within the preceding 3-year period for violations of any of the 
        requirements of the labor laws, including Executive orders, 
        listed in subsection (a).
            (2) Consultation.--The Secretary of Labor shall be 
        available, as appropriate, for consultation with an air carrier 
        to assist in evaluating the information on labor compliance 
        submitted by a subcontractor pursuant to paragraph (1).
    (c) Corrective Measures.--On an annual basis, the Secretary of 
Labor--
            (1) shall provide an air carrier who makes a disclosure 
        pursuant to subsection (a) an opportunity to report any steps 
        taken by the air carrier or any of its subcontractors to 
        correct the violations of or improve compliance with the labor 
        laws, including Executive orders, listed in such subsection, 
        including any agreements entered into with an enforcement 
        agency; and
            (2) may negotiate with such air carrier corrective measures 
        that the air carrier or any of its subcontractors may take in 
        order to avoid having the air carrier placed on the list 
        described in subsection (d).
    (d) List of Ineligible Air Carriers.--
            (1) In general.--For each year that a contract is solicited 
        under the City Pair Program (or a successive program for 
        Federal employee air travel administered by the Administrator 
        of the General Services Administration), the Secretary of Labor 
        shall prepare, and submit to such Administrator, a list of air 
        carriers that shall be ineligible for such solicitation based 
        on serious, repeated, willful, or pervasive violations of the 
        labor laws, including Executive orders, listed under subsection 
        (a) committed by the air carrier, or any of its subcontractors, 
        and the failure of such air carriers, or any of its 
        subcontractors, to complete any corrective measures negotiated 
        under subsection (c).
            (2) Ineligibility.--The Administrator of the General 
        Services Administration shall not solicit a contract under the 
        City Pair Program (or a successive program for Federal employee 
        air travel administered by such Administrator) from any air 
        carrier on the list described in paragraph (1) that applies to 
        the year of the solicitation.
    (e) Applicability.--The requirements under this Act shall not apply 
with respect to any contract solicited prior to 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act.