IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 67
To express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning actions
that the President of the United States should take to resolve the
dispute between the Allied Pilots Association and American Airlines.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. DELAY, Mr. SAM
JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SES-
SIONS, and Mr. BRADY) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
RESOLUTION
To express the sense of the House of Representatives con-
cerning actions that the President of the United States
should take to resolve the dispute between the Allied
Pilots Association and American Airlines.
Whereas a strike by the Allied Pilots Association, the union
of the pilots of American Airlines, could lead to a severe
disruption in air service;
Whereas such a strike could result in the loss of employment
by tens of thousands of individuals in the United States;
Whereas such a strike would affect approximately 20 percent
of the domestic airline traffic in the United States;
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Whereas such a strike would cause more than 75,000 Amer-
ican Airlines employees to be idle;
Whereas such a strike would affect—
(1) the livelihood of thousands of other workers em-
ployed in airline and airport supply industries; and
(2) commerce relating to tourism, logistics, and busi-
ness requiring travel;
Whereas such a strike would cause substantial adverse eco-
nomic effects in communities of the United States;
Whereas such a strike could jeopardize the largest order
made in history for the production of civilian aircraft;
and
Whereas because 1⁄4 of the air traffic of American Airlines is
in foreign air commerce (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 40102 of title 49, United States Code), a strike
would have an adverse effect with respect to—
(1) the expansion of the market of United States
goods and services in foreign countries; and
(2) the trading partners of the United States: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that—
(1) the President should monitor the National
Mediation Board’s attempt to facilitate a resolution
of the labor dispute between the Allied Pilots Asso-
ciation and AMR, the parent company of American
Airlines; and
(2) the President should—
(A) encourage—
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(i) the settlement of the issues that
are the subject of the labor dispute
through the use of the services of the Na-
tional Mediation Board established under
section 4 of the Railway Labor Act (45
U.S.C. 154) before midnight on February
15, 1997 (which is the date specified by
the Allied Pilots Association as the dead-
line for averting a strike); or
(ii) the achievement, by the date spec-
ified in clause (i), of an agreement by the
parties to the dispute to arbitrate the is-
sues that are the subject of the labor dis-
pute through the National Mediation
Board; and
(B) if recommended by the National Medi-
ation Board, promptly establish a board under
section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.
160) to serve as an emergency board to inves-
tigate the matter relating to the labor dispute
and to make a report to the President in the
manner prescribed in that section.
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