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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2739

To amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize

appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 26, 1993

Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. MINETA, Mr. SHUSTER, and Mr. CLINGER)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

Public Works and Transportation

A BILL

To amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982

to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 1995,

and 1996, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aviation Infrastructure

5 Investment Act of 1993’’.
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1 TITLE I—AIRPORT AND AIRWAY

2 IMPROVEMENT ACT AMEND3 MENTS

4 SEC. 101. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

6 505(a) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of

7 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2204(a)) is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ following ‘‘1992,’’; and

9 (2) by inserting after ‘‘1993’’ the following: ‘‘,

10 $18,071,700,000 for fiscal years ending before Octo11 ber 1, 1994, $20,232,700,000 for fiscal years ending

12 before October 1, 1995, and $22,446,700,000 for

13 fiscal years ending before October 1, 1996’’.

14 (b) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 505(b) of

15 such Act is amended by striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘1996’’.

17 SEC. 102. AIRWAY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

18 (a) AIRWAY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.—Section

19 506(a)(1) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of

20 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2205(a)(1)) is amended by striking

21 ‘‘$11,100,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1995’’

22 and inserting the following: ‘‘$10,724,000,000 for fiscal

23 years ending before October 1, 1994, $13,394,000,000 for

24 fiscal years ending before October 1, 1995, and
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1 $16,129,000,000 for fiscal years ending before October 1,

2 1996’’.

3 (b) OTHER EXPENSES.—Section 506(c) of such Act

4 is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘–1995’’ in the heading for para6 graph (4) and inserting ‘‘–1993’’;

7 (2) by striking ‘‘1993, 1994, and 1995’’ in

8 paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘and 1993’’; and

9 (3) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(5) FISCAL YEARS 1994–1996.—The amount

11 appropriated from the Trust Fund for the purposes

12 of clauses (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) of this sub13 section for each of fiscal years 1994, 1995, and

14 1996 may not exceed the lesser of—

15 ‘‘(A) 50 percent of the amount of funds

16 made available under section 505 and sub17 sections (a) and (b) of this section for such fis18 cal year; or

19 ‘‘(B)(i) 70 percent of the amount of funds

20 made available under section 505, subsections

21 (a) and (b) of this section, and section 106(k)

22 of title 49, United States Code, for such fiscal

23 year; less
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1 ‘‘(ii) the amount of funds made available

2 under section 505 and subsections (a) and (b)

3 of this section for such fiscal year.’’.

4 (c) PRESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 506(e)(5) of

5 such Act is amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘1996’’.

7 SEC. 103. OPERATIONS OF FAA.

8 Section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, is

9 amended by striking ‘‘, $5,100,000,000’’ and all that fol10 lows through ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,576,000,000 for

11 fiscal year 1994, $4,674,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and

12 $4,810,000,000 for fiscal year 1996’’.

13 SEC. 104. APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.

14 (a) MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR PRIMARY AIRPORTS.—

15 Section 507(b)(1) of the Airport and Airway Improvement

16 Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2206(b)(1)) is amended by

17 striking ‘‘$400,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’.

18 (b) CONSIDERATION OF DIVERSION OF REVENUES IN

19 AWARDING DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Section 507 of

20 such Act is further amended by redesignating subsection

21 (f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection (e)

22 the following new subsection:

23 ‘‘(f) CONSIDERATION OF DIVERSION OF REVENUES

24 IN AWARDING DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—In deciding

25 whether or not to distribute funds to an airport from the
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1 discretionary funds established by subsections (c) and (d),

2 the Secretary shall consider as a factor militating against

3 the distribution of such funds to the airport the fact that

4 the airport is using revenues generated by the airport or

5 by local taxes on aviation fuel for purposes other than cap6 ital or operating costs of the airport or the local airports

7 system.’’.

8 SEC. 105. USE OF APPORTIONED AND DISCRETIONARY

9 FUNDS.

10 (a) INTEGRATED AIRPORT SYSTEM PLANNING SET11 ASIDE.—Section 508(d)(4) of the Airport and Airway Im12 provement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2207(d)(4)) is

amended by striking ‘‘1⁄2’’ and inserting ‘‘3 13 ⁄4’’.

14 (b) MILITARY AIRPORT SET-ASIDE.—Section

15 508(d)(5) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘and 1995’’

16 and inserting ‘‘, 1995, and 1996’’.

17 (c) DESIGNATION OF MILITARY AIRPORTS.—Section

18 508(f)(1) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘12’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘16’’.

20 (d) CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING LOTS, FUEL

21 FARMS, AND UTILITIES.—Section 508(f)(6) of such Act

22 is amended by striking ‘‘and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995,

23 and 1996’’.
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1 SEC. 106. PROJECT SPONSORSHIP.

2 Section 511(a) of the Airport and Airway Improve3 ment Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2210(a)) is amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

5 (16);

6 (2) by striking the period at the end of para7 graph (17) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

8 (3) by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(18) the airport owner or operator will submit

10 to the Administrator and make available to the pub11 lic an annual report listing in detail (A) all amounts

12 paid by the airport to any other unit of government

13 and the purposes for which each such payment was

14 made, and (B) all services and property provided to

15 other units of government and the amount of com16 pensation received for provision of each such service

17 and property.’’.

18 SEC. 107. INCLUSION OF TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT AS A

19 PROJECT COST.

20 Section 513(b)(2) of the Airport and Airway Im21 provement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2212(b)(2)) is

22 amended—

23 (1) in the second sentence by inserting after

24 ‘‘may be used’’ the following: ‘‘, subject to the ap25 proval of the Secretary,’’; and
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘All or

2 any portion of the sums to be distributed at the dis3 cretion of the Secretary under sections 507(c) and

4 507(d) for any fiscal year may be distributed for use

5 by primary airports each of which annually has .05

6 or less of the total enplanements in the United

7 States for project costs allowable under paragraph

8 (1) of this subsection.’’.

9 SEC. 108. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

10 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 503(a)(2)(B) of the Air11 port and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C.

12 App. 2202(a)(2)(B)) is amended by moving clauses (vii)

13 and (viii) 2 ems to the right.

14 (b) AIRPORT PLANS.—Section 504(a)(1) of such Act

15 (49 U.S.C. App. 2203(a)(1)) is amended by redesignating

16 clauses (1), (2), and (3) as clauses (A), (B), and (C), re17 spectively.

18 (c) AIP OTHER EXPENSES.—Section 506(c)(3) of

19 such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 2205(c)(3)) is amended by

20 striking ‘‘and,’’ and inserting ‘‘, and’’.
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1 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS

2 PROVISIONS

3 SEC. 201. ADVANCE NOTICE OF RATE CHANGES.

4 Section 404 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49

5 U.S.C. App. 1374) is amended by adding at the end the

6 following:

7 ‘‘(e) ADVANCE NOTICE OF RATE CHANGES.—Any air

8 carrier may provide advance notice to the public of the

9 date on which a change of a rate, fare, or charge for air

10 transportation is scheduled to take effect and the date on

11 which a rate, fare, or charge for air transportation is

12 scheduled to terminate.’’.

13 SEC. 202. PROTECTION OF SMALL COMMUNITY AIRLINE

14 PASSENGERS.

15 (a) ACCESS TO HIGH DENSITY AIRPORTS.—Section

16 419(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C.

17 App. 1389(b)) is amended by adding at the end the follow18 ing new paragraph:

19 ‘‘(10) ACCESS TO HIGH DENSITY AIRPORTS.—

20 ‘‘(A) NONCONSIDERATION OF SLOT AVAIL21 ABILITY.—In determining what is basic essen22 tial air service and in selecting an air carrier to

23 provide such service, the Secretary shall not

24 give consideration to whether slots at a high
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1 density airport are available for providing such

2 service.

3 ‘‘(B) MAKING SLOTS AVAILABLE.—If basic

4 essential air service is to be provided to and

5 from a high density airport, the Secretary shall

6 ensure that a sufficient number of slots at such

7 airport are available to the air carrier providing

8 or selected to provide such service. If necessary

9 to carry out the objectives of this subsection,

10 the Secretary shall take such action as may be

11 necessary to have such slots transferred or oth12 erwise made available to the air carrier; except

13 that the Secretary shall not be required to

14 make slots available at O’Hare International

15 Airport in Chicago, Illinois, if the number of

16 slots available for basic essential air service to

17 and from such airport is at least 132 slots.’’.

18 (b) TRANSFERS OF SLOTS AT HIGH DENSITY AIR19 PORTS.—Section 419(b)(7) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App.

20 1389(b)(7)) is amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘TRANSFER OF OPERATIONAL

22 AUTHORITY AT CERTAIN’’ and inserting ‘‘TRANS23 FERS OF SLOTS AT’’;

24 (2) by striking ‘‘an airport at which the Admin25 istrator limits the number of instrument flight rule
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1 takeoffs and landings of aircraft’’ and inserting ‘‘a

2 high density airport’’;

3 (3) by striking ‘‘operational authority’’ and in4 serting ‘‘slots’’;

5 (4) by striking ‘‘has to conduct a landing or

6 takeoff’’ and inserting ‘‘have’’;

7 (5) by striking ‘‘such authority’’ the first place

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘such slots’’;

9 (6) by striking ‘‘such authority is’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘such slots are’’; and

11 (7) by inserting ‘‘basic essential’’ after ‘‘used to

12 provide’’.

13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 419(k) of such Act (49

14 U.S.C. App. 1389(k)) is amended by adding at the end

15 the following new paragraphs:

16 ‘‘(6) HIGH DENSITY AIRPORT.—The term ‘high

17 density airport’ means an airport at which the Ad18 ministrator limits the number of instrument flight

19 rule takeoffs and landings of aircraft.

20 ‘‘(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means

21 the Secretary of Transportation.

22 ‘‘(8) SLOT.—The term ‘slot’ means a reserva23 tion for an instrument flight rule takeoff or landing

24 by an air carrier of an aircraft in air transpor25 tation.’’.
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1 SEC. 203. ACCESS OF FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS TO HIGH

2 DENSITY AIRPORTS.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Federal Aviation

4 Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1371–1389) is amended by adding

5 at the end the following:

6 ‘‘SEC. 420. ACCESS OF FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS TO HIGH

7 DENSITY AIRPORTS.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not take a

9 slot at a high density airport from an air carrier and

10 award such slot to a foreign air carrier if the Secretary

11 determines that air carriers are not provided equivalent

12 rights of access to airports in the country of which such

13 foreign air carrier is a citizen.

14 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘high

15 density airport’, ‘Secretary’, and ‘slot’ have the meaning

16 such terms have under section 419.’’.

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The portion of the

18 table of contents contained in the first section of such Act

19 relating to title IV is amended by adding at the end the

20 following:

‘‘Sec. 420. Access of foreign air carriers to high density airports.

‘‘(a) In general.

‘‘(b) Definitions.’’.

21 SEC. 204. RULEMAKING ON RANDOM TESTING FOR PROHIB22 ITED DRUGS.

23 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment

24 of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall complete
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1 a rulemaking proceeding and issue a final decision on

2 whether there should be a reduction in the annualized rate

3 of random testing for prohibited drugs now required by

4 the Secretary for personnel engaged in aviation activities.

5 If the Secretary does not issue the final decision on or

6 before the last day of such 1-year period, then, effective

7 on the succeeding day, the annualized rate of random test8 ing shall be 25 percent of such personnel.

9 SEC. 205. PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES.

10 (a) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY.—

11 (1) GENERAL RULE.—Section 1113(e)(1) of the

12 Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App.

13 1513(e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing new sentence: ‘‘After the date of the enact15 ment of this sentence, no public agency authority

16 shall collect a fee authorized to be imposed under

17 this subsection from a passenger enplaning at an

18 airport if the passenger did not pay for the air

19 transportation which resulted in such enplanement,

20 including any case in which the passenger obtained

21 the ticket for the air transportation with a frequent

22 flier award coupon without monetary payment.’’.

23 (2) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUC24 TION.—The amendment made by paragraph (1)

25 shall not be construed as requiring any person to re-
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1 fund any fee paid before the date of the enactment

2 of this Act.

3 (b) USE OF REVENUES AND RELATIONSHIP BE4 TWEEN FEES AND REVENUES.—Section 1113(e)(2) of

5 such Act is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara7 graph (A);—

8 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub9 paragraph (B)(iii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

10 (3) by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(C) that the application includes adequate

12 justification for each of the specific projects.’’.

13 SEC. 206. TERM OF OFFICE OF FAA ADMINISTRATOR.

14 Section 106(b) of title 49, United States Code, is

15 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The term

16 of office for any individual appointed as Administrator

17 after the date of the enactment of this sentence shall be

18 5 years.’’.

19 SEC. 207. SOUNDPROOFING OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL

20 BUILDINGS IN AREAS SURROUNDING AIR21 PORTS.

22 Section 104(c)(2) of the Aviation Safety and Noise

23 Abatement Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2104(c)(2)) is

24 amended—
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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘to operators of

2 airports’’; and

3 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert4 ing ‘‘; and (2) for projects to soundproof residential

5 buildings—

6 ‘‘(A) if the operator of the airport involved

7 received approval for a grant for a project to

8 soundproof residential buildings pursuant to

9 section 301(d)(4)(B) of the Airport and Airway

10 Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987;

11 ‘‘(B) if the operator of the airport involved

12 submits updated noise exposure contours, as re13 quired by the Secretary; and

14 ‘‘(C) if the Secretary determines that the

15 proposed projects are compatible with the pur16 poses of this Act.’’.

17 SEC. 208. LABOR STANDARDS.

18 Section 6005(c) of the Metropolitan Washington Air19 ports Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. App. 2454(c)) is amended—

20 (1) by redesignating paragraph (11) as para21 graph (12); and

22 (2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol23 lowing:

24 ‘‘(11) LABOR STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall

25 include such terms and conditions in the lease as
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1 may be necessary to ensure (A) that all laborers and

2 mechanics employed by contractors or subcontrac3 tors in the performance of construction work at the

4 airports shall be paid wages at rates not less than

5 those prevailing on similar construction in the local6 ity as determined by the Secretary of Labor in ac7 cordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40

8 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5), and (B) that the Airports

9 Authority shall not approve any contract for any

10 such construction work without first obtaining ade11 quate assurance that such wages will be paid under

12 such contract for the construction work.’’.

13 SEC. 209. LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

14 The Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986

15 (49 U.S.C. App. 2451–2461) is amended—

16 (1) in section 6007(c)(5) by striking ‘‘to the ex17 tent that the Federal Aviation Administration is so

18 authorized on the date of enactment of this title’’;

19 (2) by redesignating sections 6011 and 6012 as

20 sections 6012 and 6013, respectively; and

21 (3) by inserting after section 6009 the following

22 new section:

23 ‘‘SEC. 6010. LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

24 ‘‘(a) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LABOR LAWS.—Ex25 cept as otherwise provided by this section, the provisions
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1 of the National Labor Relations Act and the Labor Man2 agement Relations Act, 1947 shall apply to labor-manage3 ment relations between the Airports Authority and labor

4 organizations representing bargaining units at the Metro5 politan Washington Airports.

6 ‘‘(b) SUITS.—

7 ‘‘(1) JURISDICTION OF U.S. COURTS.—The

8 courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction

9 with respect to actions brought by the National

10 Labor Relations Board under this section to the

11 same extent that such courts have jurisdiction with

12 respect to actions brought under the National Labor

13 Relations Act.

14 ‘‘(2) LABOR CONTRACT VIOLATIONS.—Suits for

15 violation of contracts between the Airports Authority

16 and a labor organization representing bargaining

17 units at the Metropolitan Washington Airports, or

18 between any such labor organizations, may be

19 brought in any district court of the United States

20 having jurisdiction of the parties, without respect to

21 the amount of controversy.

22 ‘‘(3) AGENTS OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.—A

23 labor organization described in paragraph (2) and

24 the Airports Authority shall be bound by the author25 ized acts of their agents. Any such labor organiza-
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1 tion may sue or be sued as an entity and in behalf

2 of those whom it represents in the courts of the

3 United States. Any money judgment against such a

4 labor organization in a district court of the United

5 States shall be enforceable only against the organi6 zation as an entity and against its assets and shall

7 not be enforceable against any individual member or

8 the member’s assets.

9 ‘‘(c) COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.—

10 ‘‘(1) PERIOD OF EFFECTIVENESS.—Collective11 bargaining agreements between the Airports Author12 ity and labor organizations shall be effective for not

13 less than 2 years.

14 ‘‘(2) RESOLUTION OF GRIEVANCES.—Collective15 bargaining agreements negotiated by the Airports

16 Authority shall provide for procedures for resolution

17 by the parties of grievances and other disputes aris18 ing during the term of the agreement, culminating

19 in binding third-party arbitration, unless the parties

20 agree otherwise.

21 ‘‘(3) RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES IN NEGOTIA22 TIONS.—The Airports Authority and a labor organi23 zation may by mutual agreement adopt procedures

24 for the resolution of disputes or impasses arising in

25 the negotiation of a collective-bargaining agreement.
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1 ‘‘(d) LABOR DISPUTES.—

2 ‘‘(1) WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—If

3 there is a collective-bargaining agreement between

4 the Airports Authority and labor organizations in ef5 fect, no party to such agreement shall terminate or

6 modify such agreement unless the party desiring

7 such termination or modification serves written no8 tice upon the other party to the agreement of the

9 proposed termination or modification not less than

10 90 days prior to the time it is proposed to make

11 such termination or modification. The party serving

12 such notice shall notify the Federal Mediation and

13 Conciliation Service of the existence of a dispute

14 within 45 days of such notice if no agreement has

15 been reached by that time.

16 ‘‘(2) MEDIATION OF DISPUTES.—If the parties

17 fail to reach agreement or to adopt a procedure pro18 viding for a binding resolution of a dispute by the

19 expiration date of the agreement in effect, or the

20 date of the proposed termination or modification, the

21 Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation

22 Service shall direct mediation of the dispute. For

23 this purpose, the Director shall submit to the parties

24 a list of not fewer than 10 names. If the parties fail
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1 to select a mediator, the selection shall be made by

2 the Director.

3 ‘‘(3) ARBITRATION BOARD.—

4 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—If no agreement

5 is reached within 90 days after the expiration

6 or termination of the agreement or the date on

7 which the agreement became subject to modi8 fication under paragraph (1) of this subsection,

9 or if the parties decide upon arbitration but do

10 not agree upon the procedures therefor, an ar11 bitration board shall be established consisting of

12 3 members, 1 of whom shall be selected by the

13 Airports Authority, 1 by the bargaining rep14 resentative, and the third by the 2 thus selected

15 who shall be designated chairman. If either of

16 the parties fails to select a member, or if the

17 members chosen by the parties fail to agree on

18 the third person within 5 days after their first

19 meeting, the selection shall be made utilizing

20 the rules of the American Arbitration Associa21 tion.

22 ‘‘(B) HEARINGS AND DECISIONS.—The ar23 bitration board shall give the parties a full and

24 fair hearing, including an opportunity to

25 present evidence in support of their claims, and
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1 an opportunity to present their case in person,

2 by counsel or by other representative as they

3 may elect. All procedural disputes shall be de4 cided by the board. The board shall have the

5 authority to administer oaths and compel the

6 attendance of witnesses and the production of

7 documents. Decisions of the board shall be con8 clusive and binding upon the parties. The board

9 shall render its decision within 45 days after its

10 appointment, unless a later date is mutually

11 agreed upon by both parties.

12 ‘‘(C) COSTS.—Costs of the arbitration

13 board shall be shared equally by the Airports

14 Authority and the bargaining representative.

15 ‘‘(D) PROCEDURES.—In the case of a bar16 gaining unit whose collective-bargaining rep17 resentative does not have an agreement with

18 the Airport Authority, if the parties fail to

19 reach agreement within 90 days of the com20 mencement of collective bargaining, mediation

21 will take place in accordance with the terms of

22 paragraph (2) of this subsection, unless the

23 parties have previously agreed to another proce24 dure for a binding resolution of their dif25 ferences. If the parties fail to reach agreement
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1 within 180 days of the commencement of collec2 tive bargaining and if they have not agreed to

3 another procedure for binding resolution, an ar4 bitration board shall be established to provide

5 conclusive and binding arbitration in accord6 ance with the terms of paragraph (3) of this

7 subsection.

8 ‘‘(E) CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING

9 AWARDS.—Except insofar as compensation and

10 benefits may be specified elsewhere in this title,

11 the arbitration board, in arriving at its award,

12 shall take into account compensation, benefits,

13 and conditions of employment of comparable

14 employees in Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax

15 Counties, Virginia; the District of Columbia;

16 and Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties,

17 Maryland, and other criteria traditionally con18 sidered in collective bargaining.

19 ‘‘(e) NO STRIKES OR LOCKOUTS; MAINTENANCE OF

20 STATUS QUO.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 law, the parties to a collective bargaining agreement be22 tween the Airports Authority and a labor organization

23 shall not resort to strike or lockout. The parties shall re24 frain from making changes in working conditions pending
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1 the resolution of labor disputes as provided in subsection

2 (d) of this section.’’.

3 SEC. 210. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

4 Section 9130 of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Ex5 pansion Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App. 2226b) is amended

6 by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’.

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