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(ii) that salary shall be treated as if it were the annual
salary paid to the executive officer during that air carrier’s
fiscal year 2002; and
(iii) the executive officer shall be deemed to have been
employed by that air carrier during that air carrier’s fiscal
year 2002.
(3) The Secretary shall not apply any of the conditions of
this proviso for receiving assistance pursuant to the second proviso
under this heading to any air carrier that operates aircraft exclu-
sively with 85 seats or less, any Hawaii-based carrier or any air
carrier that does not operate trans-Pacific or trans-Atlantic flights.
(4)(A) The Comptroller General, or any of the Comptroller
General’s duly authorized representatives, shall have access for
the purpose of audit and examination to any books, accounts, docu-
ments, papers, and records of air carriers entering into an agree-
ment under this proviso that relate to the information required
to implement the provisions of this proviso.
(B) The Comptroller General shall transmit a report of any
investigation conducted under this proviso to the Senate Committee
on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation, the House of Representatives Committee on
Appropriations, and the House of Representatives Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, together with a certification as
to whether the Comptroller General has had access to sufficient
information to make informed judgments on the matters covered
by this report.
(5) In this proviso, the following definitions apply:
(A) The term ‘‘executive officer’’ means the two most highly
compensated named executive officers (as that term is used
in section 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Sala-
ries and Exchange Commission under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 229.402(a)(3))).
(B) The term ‘‘salary’’ means the base salary of an indi-
vidual, excluding any bonuses, awards of stock, or other finan-
cial benefits provided by an air carrier to the individual.
(C) The term ‘‘total cash compensation’’ has the meaning
given the term ‘‘total compensation’’ by section 104(b) of the
Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49
U.S.C. 40101 note), but does not include awards of stock or
stock options or preexisting contracts governing retirement.
(6) Nothing in this proviso shall be construed to prohibit or
limit an air carrier in providing health benefits, life insurance
benefits, or reimbursement of reasonable expenses to an executive
officer.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
SEC. 4001. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘2004’’.
(b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’
and inserting ‘‘2004’’.
(c) Section 44310 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’
and inserting ‘‘2004’’.
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SEC. 4002. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION FOR DISPLACED AIRLINE RELATED
WORKERS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘eligible individual’’ means an individual whose
eligibility for temporary extended unemployment compensation
under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 21), as amended
by Public Law 108–1 (117 Stat. 3), is or would be based on
the exhaustion of regular compensation under State law,
entitlement to which was based in whole or in part on qualifying
employment performed during such individual’s base period;
(2) the term ‘‘qualifying employment’’, with respect to an
eligible individual, means employment—
(A) with an air carrier, employment at a facility at
an airport, or with an upstream producer or supplier for
an air carrier; and
(B) as determined by the Secretary, separation from
which was due, in whole or in part, to—
(i) reductions in service by an air carrier as a
result of a terrorist action or security measure;
(ii) a closure of an airport in the United States
as a result of a terrorist action or security measure;
or
(iii) a military conflict with Iraq that has been
authorized by Congress;
(3) the term ‘‘air carrier’’ means an air carrier that holds
a certificate issued under chapter 411 of title 49, United States
Code;
(4) the term ‘‘upstream producer’’ means a firm that per-
forms additional, value-added, production processes, including
firms that perform final assembly, finishing, or packaging of
articles, for another firm;
(5) the term ‘‘supplier’’ means a firm that produces compo-
nent parts for, or articles and contract services considered
to be a part of the production process or services for, another
firm;
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Labor;
and
(7) the term ‘‘terrorist action or security measure’’ means
a terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001,
or a security measure taken in response to such attack.
(b) ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—In the case of an eligible
individual, the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 21), as amended by
Public Law 108–1 (117 Stat. 3), shall be applied as if it had
been amended in accordance with subsection (c).
(c) MODIFICATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (b), the Tem-
porary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002
(Public Law 107–147; 116 Stat. 21), as amended by Public
Law 108–1 (117 Stat. 3), shall be treated as if it had been
amended as provided in this subsection.
(2) PROGRAM EXTENSION.—Deem section 208 of the Tem-
porary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002,
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as amended by Public Law 108–1 (117 Stat. 3), to be amended
to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 208. APPLICABILITY.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), an agreement
entered into under this title shall apply to weeks of unemployment—
‘‘(1) beginning after the date on which such agreement
is entered into; and
‘‘(2) ending before December 29, 2003.
‘‘(b) TRANSITION FOR AMOUNT REMAINING IN ACCOUNT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in the case
of an individual who has amounts remaining in an account
established under section 203 as of December 28, 2003, tem-
porary extended unemployment compensation shall continue
to be payable to such individual from such amounts for any
week beginning after such date for which the individual meets
the eligibility requirements of this title, including such com-
pensation payable by reason of amounts deposited in such
account after such date pursuant to the application of sub-
section (c) of such section.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—No compensation shall be payable by
reason of paragraph (1) for any week beginning after December
26, 2004.’’.
(3) ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF BENEFITS.—Deem section 203
of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
of 2002, as amended by Public Law 108–1 (117 Stat. 3), to
be amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(1)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘50’’ and
inserting ‘‘150’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting ‘‘39’’; and
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘1⁄3 of’’ after ‘‘equal
to’’.
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE OF MODIFICATIONS DESCRIBED IN PARA-
GRAPH (3).—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The amendments described in para-
graph (3)—
(i) shall be deemed to have taken effect as if
included in the enactment of the Temporary Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002; but
(ii) shall be treated as applying only with respect
to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the
date of enactment of this Act, subject to subparagraph
(B).
(B) SPECIAL RULES.—In the case of an eligible indi-
vidual for whom a temporary extended unemployment
account was established before the date of enactment of
this Act, the Temporary Extended Unemployment Com-
pensation Act of 2002 (as amended by this section) shall
be applied subject to the following:
(i) Any amounts deposited in the individual’s tem-
porary extended unemployment compensation account
by reason of section 203(c) of such Act (commonly
known as ‘‘TEUC–X amounts’’) before the date of enact-
ment of this Act shall be treated as amounts deposited
by reason of section 203(b) of such Act (commonly
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known as ‘‘TEUC amounts’’), as deemed to have been
amended by paragraph (3)(A).
(ii) For purposes of determining whether the indi-
vidual is eligible for any TEUC–X amounts under such
Act, as deemed to be amended by this subsection—
(I) any determination made under section
203(c) of such Act before the application of the
amendment described in paragraph (3)(B) shall
be disregarded; and
(II) any such determination shall instead be
made by applying section 203(c) of such Act, as
deemed to be amended by paragraph (3)(B), as
of the time that all amounts established in such
account in accordance with section 203(b) of such
Act (as deemed to be amended under this sub-
section, and including any amounts described in
clause (i)) are in fact exhausted.
TITLE V—PANEL TO REVIEW SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT 
ALLEGATIONS 
AT
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT OF PANEL.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a panel to review
sexual misconduct allegations at the United States Air Force
Academy.
(b) COMPOSITION.—The panel shall be composed of seven mem-
bers, appointed by the Secretary of Defense from among private
United States citizens who have expertise in behavioral and psycho-
logical sciences and standards and practices relating to proper
treatment of sexual assault victims (to include their medical and
legal rights and needs), as well as the United States military
academies.
(c) CHAIRMAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation
with the Chairmen of the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and House of Representatives, select the Chairman of the
panel from among its members under subsection (b).
(d) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—Members shall be
appointed for the life of the panel. Any vacancy in the panel shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(e) MEETINGS.—The panel shall meet at the call of the Chair-
man.
(f) INITIAL
ORGANIZATION
REQUIREMENTS.—(1) All original
appointments to the panel shall be made not later than May 1,
2003.
(2) The Chairman shall convene the first meeting of the panel
not later than May 8, 2003.
SEC. 502. DUTIES OF PANEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The panel established under section 501(a)
shall carry out a study of the policies, management and organiza-
tional practices, and cultural elements of the United States Air
Force Academy that were conducive to allowing sexual misconduct
(including sexual assaults and rape) at the United States Air Force
Academy.
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(b) REVIEW.—In carrying out the study required by subsection
(a), the panel shall—
(1) review the actions taken by United States Air Force
Academy personnel and other Department of the Air Force
officials in response to allegations of sexual assaults at the
United States Air Force Academy;
(2) review directives issued by the United States Air Force
pertaining to sexual misconduct at the United States Air Force
Academy;
(3) review the effectiveness of the process, procedures, and
policies used at the United States Air Force Academy to respond
to allegations of sexual misconduct;
(4) review the relationship between—
(A) the command climate for women at the United
States Air Force Academy, including factors that may have
produced a fear of retribution for reporting sexual mis-
conduct; and
(B) the circumstances that resulted in sexual mis-
conduct at the Academy;
(5) review, evaluate, and assess such other matters and
materials as the panel considers appropriate for the study;
and
(6) review, and incorporate as appropriate, the findings
of ongoing studies being conducted by the Air Force General
Counsel and Inspector General.
(c) REPORT.—(1) Not later than 90 days after its first meeting
under section 501(f)(2), the panel shall submit a report on the
study required by subsection 502(a) to the Secretary of Defense
and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
(2) The report shall include—
(A) the findings and conclusions of the panel as a result
of the study; and
(B) any recommendations for legislative or administrative
action that the panel considers appropriate in light of the
study.
SEC. 503. PERSONNEL MATTERS.
(a) PAY OF MEMBERS.—(1) Members of the panel established
under section 501(a) shall serve without pay by reason of their
work on the panel.
(2) Section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, shall not
apply to the acceptance of services of a member of the panel under
this title.
(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the panel shall be
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter
I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from
their homes or regular places of business in the performance of
services for the panel.