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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1536 
To allow certain foreign air carriers to stop in Guam or the Northern 
Mariana Islands in the course of transportation of passengers or cargo 
in either direction between a place in the United States and a place 
outside the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2025 
Mr. MOYLAN (for himself and Ms. KING-HINDS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To allow certain foreign air carriers to stop in Guam or 
the Northern Mariana Islands in the course of transpor-
tation of passengers or cargo in either direction between 
a place in the United States and a place outside the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pacific Island Flight 
Alternatives Act of 2025’’ or ‘‘PIFAA’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Limited air competition has made flights 
from Guam to the Commonwealth of Northern Mar-
iana Islands or to Hawaii exceedingly expensive. 
(2) The airports of Antonio B. Won Pat Guam 
International Airport (IATA: GUM), Francisco C. 
Ada Saipan International Airport (IATA: SPN), 
Francisco Manglona Borja Tinian International Air-
port 
(IATA: 
TIQ), 
and 
Benjamin 
Taisacan 
Manglona Rota International Airport (IATA: ROP) 
rely on foreign air carriers for travel. 
(3) The nations of Japan, Philippines, and the 
Republic of Korea have been critical allies for the 
United States within the Indo-Pacific region. 
(4) The nations of Japan, Philippines, and the 
Republic of Korea and the air carriers of such na-
tions have been vital in supplementing deficiencies of 
United States air carriers when flying between the 
United States and other Pacific Islands. 
SEC. 3. AIR COMMERCE IN GUAM AND NORTHERN MAR-
IANA ISLANDS. 
Section 41703 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) AIR COMMERCE IN GUAM AND NORTHERN MAR-
IANA ISLANDS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(c), passengers or cargo added to or removed from 
an authorized Pacific aircraft at a place in Guam or 
the Northern Mariana Islands in the course of trans-
portation of such passengers or cargo in either direc-
tion between a place in the United States and a 
place outside the United States shall not be deemed 
to have broken the international journey of such au-
thorized Pacific aircraft. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED PACIFIC AIRCRAFT.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘authorized Pacific aircraft’ 
means an aircraft registered to a foreign air carrier 
from Japan, Philippines, or the Republic of Korea 
that holds a permit under section 41302.’’. 
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