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(iii) A description, by air carrier, of how the air
carrier has implemented each commitment covered by
its plan.
(iv) An analysis, by air carrier, of the methods
of meeting each such commitment and, in such anal-
ysis, provide information that allows consumers to
make decisions on the quality of air transportation
provided by such carriers.
(v) A comparison of each air carrier’s plan and
the implementation of that plan with the customer
service provided by a representative sampling of other
air 
carriers 
providing 
scheduled 
passenger 
air
transportation with aircraft similar in size to the air-
craft used by the carrier that submitted a plan so
as to allow consumers to make decisions as to the
relative quality of air transportation provided by each
group of carriers. In making this comparison, the
Inspector General shall give due regard to the dif-
ferences in the fares charged and the size of the air
carriers being compared.
SEC. 225. INCREASED FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOST BAG-
GAGE.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to increase the
domestic baggage liability limit in part 254 of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations.
SEC. 226. COMPTROLLER GENERAL INVESTIGATION.
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct a study
on the potential effects on aviation consumers, including the impact
on fares and service to small communities, of a requirement that
air carriers permit a ticketed passenger to use any portion of
a multiple-stop or round-trip air fare for transportation independent
of any other portion without penalty.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than June 15, 2000, the Comptroller
General shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report
on the results of the study.
SEC. 227. AIRLINE SERVICE QUALITY PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
(a) MODIFICATION OF REPORTS.—In consultation with the task
force to be established under subsection (b), the Secretary shall
modify the regulations in part 234 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, relating to airline service quality performance reports,
to disclose more fully to the public the nature and source of delays
and cancellations experienced by air travelers.
(b) TASK FORCE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a task
force including officials of the Federal Aviation Administration and
representatives of airline consumers and air carriers to develop
alternatives and criteria for the modifications to be made under
subsection (a).
(c) USE OF CATEGORIES.—In making modifications under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall—
(1) establish categories that reflect the reasons for delays
and cancellations experienced by air travelers;
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(2) require air carriers to use such categories in submitting
information to be included in airline service quality performance
reports; and
(3) use such categories in reports of the Department of
Transportation on information received in airline service quality
performance reports.
SEC. 228. NATIONAL COMMISSION TO ENSURE CONSUMER INFORMA-
TION AND CHOICE IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a commission to be
known as the ‘‘National Commission to Ensure Consumer Informa-
tion and Choice in the Airline Industry’’ (in this section referred
to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
(b) DUTIES.—
(1) STUDY.—The Commission shall undertake a study of—
(A) whether the financial condition of travel agents
is declining and, if so, the effect that this will have on
consumers; and
(B) whether there are impediments to information
regarding the services and products offered by the airline
industry and, if so, the effects of those impediments on
travel agents, Internet-based distributors, and consumers.
(2) SMALL TRAVEL AGENTS.—In conducting the study, the
Commission shall pay special attention to the condition of travel
agencies with $1,000,000 or less in annual revenues.
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Based on the results of the study
under subsection (b), the Commission shall make such recommenda-
tions as it considers necessary to improve the condition of travel
agents, especially travel agents described in subsection (b)(2), and
to improve consumer access to travel information.
(d) MEMBERSHIP.—
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall be composed of
nine members as follows:
(A) Three members appointed by the Secretary.
(B) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
(C) One member appointed by the minority leader of
the House of Representatives.
(D) Two members appointed by the majority leader
of the Senate.
(E) One member appointed by the minority leader of
the Senate.
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Of the members appointed by the
Secretary under paragraph (1)(A)—
(A) one member shall be a representative of the travel
agent industry;
(B) one member shall be a representative of the airline
industry; and
(C) one member shall be an individual who is not
a representative of either of the industries referred to in
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(3) TERMS.—Members shall be appointed for the life of
the Commission.
(4) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission shall be
filled in the manner in which the original appointment was
made.
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(5) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members shall serve without pay
but shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu
of subsistence, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57
of title 5, United States Code.
(6) CHAIRPERSON.—The member appointed by the Secretary
of Transportation under paragraph (2)(C) shall serve as the
Chairperson of the Commission (referred to in this section
as the ‘‘Chairperson’’).
(e) COMMISSION PANELS.—The Chairperson shall establish such
panels consisting of members of the Commission as the Chairperson
determines appropriate to carry out the functions of the Commis-
sion.
(f ) STAFF.—The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of
such personnel as it considers appropriate.
(g) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon request of the Commis-
sion, the head of any department or agency of the United States
may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that
department or agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying
out its duties under this section.
(h) OTHER STAFF
AND SUPPORT.—Upon the request of the
Commission, or a panel of the Commission, the Secretary of
Transportation shall provide the Commission or panel with profes-
sional and administrative staff and other support, on a reimbursable
basis, to assist the Commission or panel in carrying out its respon-
sibilities.
(i) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commission may secure
directly from any department or agency of the United States
information (other than information required by any statute of
the United States to be kept confidential by such department or
agency) necessary for the Commission to carry out its duties under
this section. Upon request of the Commission, the head of that
department or agency shall furnish such nonconfidential informa-
tion to the Commission.
( j) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date on which
initial appointments of members to the Commission are completed,
the Commission shall transmit to the President and Congress a
report on the activities of the Commission, including recommenda-
tions made by the Commission under subsection (c).
(k) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate on the 30th
day following the date of transmittal of the report under subsection
( j).
(l) APPLICABILITY OF THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not
apply to the Commission.
Subtitle C—Competition
SEC. 231. CHANGES IN, AND PHASE-OUT OF, SLOT RULES.
(a) RULES THAT APPLY TO ALL SLOT EXEMPTION REQUESTS.—
(1) PROMPT CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS.—Section 41714(i)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(i) 60-DAY APPLICATION PROCESS.—
‘‘(1) REQUEST FOR SLOT EXEMPTIONS.—Any slot exemption
request filed with the Secretary under this section or section
41716 or 41717 (other than subsection (c)) shall include—
‘‘(A) the names of the airports to be served;
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‘‘(B) the times requested; and
‘‘(C) such additional information as the Secretary may
require.
‘‘(2) ACTION ON REQUEST; FAILURE TO ACT.—Within 60 days
after a slot exemption request under this section or section
41716 or 41717 (other than subsection (c)) is received by the
Secretary, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) approve the request if the Secretary determines
that the requirements of the section under which the
request is made are met;
‘‘(B) return the request to the applicant for additional
information relating to the request to provide air transpor-
tation; or
‘‘(C) deny the request and state the reasons for its
denial.
‘‘(3) 60-DAY PERIOD TOLLED FOR TIMELY REQUEST FOR MORE
INFORMATION.—If the Secretary returns under paragraph (2)(B)
the request for additional information during the first 20 days
after the request is filed, then the 60-day period under para-
graph (2) shall be tolled until the date on which the additional
information is filed with the Secretary.
‘‘(4) FAILURE TO DETERMINE DEEMED APPROVAL.—If the Sec-
retary neither approves the request under paragraph (2)(A)
nor denies the request under paragraph (2)(C) within the 60-
day period beginning on the date the request is received,
excepting any days during which the 60-day period is tolled
under paragraph (3), then the request is deemed to have been
approved on the 61st day, after the request was filed with
the Secretary.’’.
(2) EXEMPTIONS MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED.—Section 41714
is further amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘( j) EXEMPTIONS MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED.—No exemption
from the requirements of subparts K and S of part 93 of title
14, Code of Federal Regulations, granted under this section or
section 41716, 41717, or 41718 may be bought, sold, leased, or
otherwise transferred by the carrier to which it is granted.’’.
(3) EQUAL TREATMENT OF AFFILIATED CARRIERS.—Section
41714 (as amended by paragraph (2) of this subsection) is
further amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(k) AFFILIATED CARRIERS.—For purposes of this section and
sections 41716, 41717, and 41718, an air carrier that operates
under the same designator code, or has or enters into a code-
share agreement, with any other air carrier shall not qualify for
a new slot or slot exemption as a new entrant or limited incumbent
air carrier at an airport if the total number of slots and slot
exemptions held by the two carriers at the airport exceed 20 slots
and slot exemptions.’’.
(4) NEW ENTRANT SLOTS.—Section 41714(c) is amended—
(A) by striking the subsection designation and heading
and ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) SLOTS FOR NEW ENTRANTS.—If the Secretary’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘and the circumstances to be excep-
tional’’; and
(C) by striking paragraph (2).
(5) DEFINITIONS.—Section 41714(h) is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘and section 41734(h)’’ and inserting
‘‘and sections 41715–41718 and 41734(h)’’;
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘as defined’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘Federal Regulations’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) LIMITED INCUMBENT AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘limited
incumbent air carrier’ has the meaning given that term in
subpart S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations;
except that—
‘‘(A) ‘20’ shall be substituted for ‘12’ in sections
93.213(a)(5), 93.223(c)(3), and 93.225(h);
‘‘(B) for purposes of such sections, the term ‘slot’ shall
include ‘slot exemptions’; and
‘‘(C) for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport,
the Administrator shall not count, for the purposes of sec-
tion 93.213(a)(5), slots currently held by an air carrier
but leased out on a long-term basis by that carrier for
use in foreign air transportation and renounced by the
carrier for return to the Department of Transportation
or the Federal Aviation Administration.
‘‘(6) REGIONAL JET.—The term ‘regional jet’ means a pas-
senger, turbofan-powered aircraft with a certificated maximum
passenger seating capacity of less than 71.
‘‘(7) NONHUB AIRPORT.—The term ‘nonhub airport’ means
an airport that had less than .05 percent of the total annual
boardings in the United States as determined under the Federal
Aviation 
Administration’s 
Primary 
Airport 
Enplanement
Activity Summary for Calendar Year 1997.
‘‘(8) SMALL HUB AIRPORT.—The term ‘small hub airport’
means an airport that had at least .05 percent, but less than
.25 percent, of the total annual boardings in the United States
as determined under the summary referred to in paragraph
(7).
‘‘(9) MEDIUM HUB AIRPORT.—The term ‘medium hub airport’
means an airport that each year has at least .25 percent,
but less than 1.0 percent, of the total annual boardings in
the United States as determined under the summary referred
to in paragraph (7).’’.
(b) PHASE-OUT OF SLOT RULES.—Chapter 417 is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 41715 and 41716 as sections
41719 and 41720; and
(2) by inserting after section 41714 the following:
‘‘§ 41715. Phase-out of slot rules at certain airports
‘‘(a) TERMINATION.—The rules contained in subparts S and K
of part 93, title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not apply—
‘‘(1) after July 1, 2002, at Chicago O’Hare International
Airport; and
‘‘(2) after January 1, 2007, at LaGuardia Airport or John
F. Kennedy International Airport.
‘‘(b) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section and
sections 41714 and 41716–41718 shall be construed—
‘‘(1) as affecting the Federal Aviation Administration’s
authority for safety and the movement of air traffic; and
‘‘(2) as affecting any other authority of the Secretary to
grant exemptions under section 41714.
‘‘(c) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Before the award of slot exemptions
under sections 41714 and 41716–41718, the Secretary of
Transportation may consider, among other determining factors,
whether the petitioning air carrier’s proposal provides the max-
imum benefit to the United States economy, including the
number of United States jobs created by the air carrier, its
suppliers, and related activities. The Secretary should give
equal consideration to the consumer benefits associated with
the award of such exemptions.
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) does not apply in any
case in which the air carrier requesting the slot exemption
is proposing to use under the exemption a type of aircraft
for which there is not a competing United States manufac-
turer.’’.
(c) SPECIAL RULES AFFECTING LAGUARDIA AIRPORT AND JOHN
F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.—Chapter 417 (as amended
by subsection (b) of this section) is amended by inserting after
section 41715 the following:
‘‘§ 41716. Interim slot rules at New York airports
‘‘(a) EXEMPTIONS
FOR AIR SERVICE
TO SMALL
AND NONHUB
AIRPORTS.—Subject to section 41714(i), the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall grant, by order, exemptions from the requirements
under subparts K and S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations (pertaining to slots at high density airports) to any
air carrier to provide nonstop air transportation, using an aircraft
with a certificated maximum seating capacity of less than 71,
between LaGuardia Airport or John F. Kennedy International Air-
port and a small hub airport or nonhub airport—
‘‘(1) if the air carrier was not providing such air transpor-
tation during the week of November 1, 1999;
‘‘(2) if the number of flights to be provided between such
airports by the air carrier during any week will exceed the
number of flights provided by the air carrier between such
airports during the week of November 1, 1999; or
‘‘(3) if the air transportation to be provided under the
exemption will be provided with a regional jet as replacement
of turboprop air transportation that was being provided during
the week of November 1, 1999.
‘‘(b) EXEMPTIONS FOR NEW ENTRANT AND LIMITED INCUMBENT
AIR CARRIERS.—Subject to section 41714(i), the Secretary shall
grant, by order, exemptions from the requirements under subparts
K and S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (per-
taining to slots at high density airports), to any new entrant air
carrier or limited incumbent air carrier to provide air transportation
to or from LaGuardia Airport or John F. Kennedy International
Airport if the number of slot exemptions granted under this sub-
section to such air carrier with respect to such airport when added
to the slots and slot exemptions held by such air carrier with
respect to such airport does not exceed 20.
‘‘(c) STAGE 3 AIRCRAFT REQUIRED.—An exemption may not be
granted under this section with respect to any aircraft that is
not a Stage 3 aircraft (as defined by the Secretary).
‘‘(d) PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN EXISTING SLOT-RELATED AIR
SERVICE.—An air carrier that provides air transportation of pas-
sengers from LaGuardia Airport or John F. Kennedy International
Airport to a small hub airport or nonhub airport, or to an airport
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that is smaller than a nonhub airport, on or before the date of
the enactment of this subsection pursuant to an exemption from
the requirements of subparts K and S of part 93 of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations (pertaining to slots at high density airports),
or where slots were issued to an air carrier conditioned on a
specific airport being served, may not terminate air transportation
for that route before July 1, 2003, unless—
‘‘(1) before October 1, 1999, the Secretary received a written
air service termination notice for that route; or
‘‘(2) after September 30, 1999, the air carrier submits an
air service termination notice under section 41719 for that
route and the Secretary determines that the carrier suffered
excessive losses, including substantial losses on operations on
that route during any three quarters of the year immediately
preceding the date of submission of the notice.’’.
(d) SPECIAL RULES AFFECTING CHICAGO O’HARE INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.—
(1) NONSTOP REGIONAL JET, NEW ENTRANTS, AND LIMITED
INCUMBENTS.—Chapter 417 (as amended by subsection (c) of
this section) is further amended by inserting after section 41716
the following:
‘‘§ 41717. Interim application of slot rules at Chicago O’Hare
International Airport
‘‘(a) SLOT OPERATING WINDOW NARROWED.—Effective July 1,
2001, the requirements of subparts K and S of part 93 of title
14, Code of Federal Regulations, do not apply with respect to
aircraft operating before 2:45 post meridiem and after 8:14 post
meridiem at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
‘‘(b) EXEMPTIONS
FOR AIR SERVICE
TO SMALL
AND NONHUB
AIRPORTS.—Effective May 1, 2000, subject to section 41714(i), the
Secretary of Transportation shall grant, by order, exemptions from
the requirements of subparts K and S of part 93 of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations (pertaining to slots at high density airports),
to any air carrier to provide nonstop air transportation, using
an aircraft with a certificated maximum seating capacity of less
than 71, between Chicago O’Hare International Airport and a small
hub or nonhub airport—
‘‘(1) if the air carrier was not providing such air transpor-
tation during the week of November 1, 1999;
‘‘(2) if the number of flights to be provided between such
airports by the air carrier during any week will exceed the
number of flights provided by the air carrier between such
airports during the week of November 1, 1999; or
‘‘(3) if the air transportation to be provided under the
exemption will be provided with a regional jet as replacement
of turboprop air transportation that was being provided during
the week of November 1, 1999.
‘‘(c) EXEMPTIONS FOR NEW ENTRANT AND LIMITED INCUMBENT
AIR CARRIERS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall grant, by order,
30 exemptions from the requirements under subparts K and
S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to any
new entrant air carrier or limited incumbent air carrier to
provide air transportation to or from Chicago O’Hare Inter-
national Airport.
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‘‘(2) DEADLINE FOR GRANTING EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary
shall grant an exemption under paragraph (1) within 45 days
of the date of the request for such exemption if the person
making the request qualifies as a new entrant air carrier or
limited incumbent air carrier.
‘‘(d) SLOTS USED TO PROVIDE TURBOPROP SERVICE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2),
a slot used to provide turboprop air transportation that is
replaced with regional jet air transportation under subsection
(b)(3) may not be used, sold, leased, or otherwise transferred
after the date the slot exemption is granted to replace the
turboprop air transportation.
‘‘(2) TWO-FOR-ONE EXCEPTION.—An air carrier that other-
wise could not use 2 slots as a result of paragraph (1) may
use 1 of such slots to provide air transportation.
‘‘(3) WITHDRAWAL OF SLOT.—If the Secretary determines
that an air carrier that is using a slot under paragraph (2)
is no longer providing the air transportation that replaced
the turboprop air transportation, the Secretary shall withdraw
the slot that is being used under paragraph (2).
‘‘(4) CONTINUATION.—If the Secretary determines that an
air carrier that is using a slot under paragraph (2) is no
longer providing the air transportation that replaced the turbo-
prop air transportation with a regional jet, the Secretary shall
withdraw the slot being used by the air carrier under paragraph
(2) but shall allow the air carrier to continue to hold the
exemption granted to the air carrier under subsection (b)(3).
‘‘(e) INTERNATIONAL SERVICE AT O’HARE AIRPORT.—
‘‘(1) TERMINATION
OF
REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to para-
graph (2), the requirements of subparts K and S of part 93
of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be of no force
and effect at Chicago O’Hare International Airport after May
1, 2000, with respect to any aircraft providing foreign air
transportation.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION RELATING TO RECIPROCITY.—The Secretary
may limit access to Chicago O’Hare International Airport with
respect to foreign air transportation being provided by a foreign
air carrier domiciled in a country to which an air carrier pro-
vides nonstop air transportation from the United States if
the country in which that carrier is domiciled does not provide
reciprocal airport access for air carriers.
‘‘(f ) STAGE 3 AIRCRAFT REQUIRED.—An exemption may not be
granted under this section with respect to any aircraft that is
not a Stage 3 aircraft (as defined by the Secretary).
‘‘(g) PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN EXISTING SLOT-RELATED AIR
SERVICE.—An air carrier that provides air transportation of pas-
sengers from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to a small hub
airport or nonhub airport, or to an airport that is smaller than
a nonhub airport, on or before the date of the enactment of this
subsection pursuant to an exemption from the requirements of
subparts K and S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations
(pertaining to slots at high density airports), or where slots were
issued to an air carrier conditioned on a specific airport being
served, may not terminate air transportation service for that route
for a period of 1 year after the date on which those requirements
cease to apply to such airport unless—
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‘‘(1) before October 1, 1999, the Secretary received a written
air service termination notice for that route; or
‘‘(2) after September 30, 1999, the air carrier submits an
air service termination notice under section 41719 for that
route and the Secretary determines that the carrier suffered
excessive losses, including substantial losses on operations on
that route during the calendar quarters immediately preceding
submission of the notice.’’.
(2) ELIMINATION OF BASIC ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE EXEMP-
TION
LIMIT.—Section 41714(a)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘;
except that’’ and all that follows through ‘‘132 slots’’.
(3) 
PROHIBITION
OF
SLOT
WITHDRAWALS.—Section
41714(b)(2) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘at Chicago O’Hare International Air-
port’’ after ‘‘a slot’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘if the withdrawal’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘1993’’.
(4) CONVERSIONS.—Section 41714(b)(4) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(4) CONVERSIONS OF SLOTS.—Effective May 1, 2000, slots
at Chicago O’Hare International Airport allocated to an air
carrier as of November 1, 1999, to provide foreign air transpor-
tation shall be made available to such carrier to provide inter-
state or intrastate air transportation.’’.
(5) RETURN OF WITHDRAWN SLOTS.—The Secretary shall
return any slot withdrawn from an air carrier under section
41714(b) of title 49, United States Code, before the date of
the enactment of this Act, to that carrier on April 30, 2000.
(e) SPECIAL RULES AFFECTING REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL
AIRPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 417 (as amended by subsection
(d) of this section) is further amended by inserting after section
41717 the following:
‘‘§ 41718. Special rules for Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport
‘‘(a) BEYOND-PERIMETER
EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary shall
grant, by order, 12 exemptions from the application of sections
49104(a)(5), 49109, 49111(e), and 41714 of this title to air carriers
to operate limited frequencies and aircraft on select routes between
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and domestic hub
airports and exemptions from the requirements of subparts K and
S of part 93, Code of Federal Regulations, if the Secretary finds
that the exemptions will—
‘‘(1) provide air transportation with domestic network bene-
fits in areas beyond the perimeter described in that section;
‘‘(2) increase competition by new entrant air carriers or
in multiple markets;
‘‘(3) not reduce travel options for communities served by
small hub airports and medium hub airports within the perim-
eter described in section 49109; and
‘‘(4) not result in meaningfully increased travel delays.
‘‘(b) WITHIN-PERIMETER
EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary shall
grant, by order, 12 exemptions from the requirements of sections
49104(a)(5), 49111(e), and 41714 of this title and subparts K and
S of part 93 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to air carriers
for providing air transportation to airports that were designated