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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Education 
Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Part B of title XI of the Education Amendments of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 2000 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 1141 as section 1142; and
            (2) by inserting after section 1140 the following:

``SEC. 1141. BUREAU FUNDING OF TRIBAL-BASED EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT 
              PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--
            ``(1) Bureau disbursements.--At the request of Tribes, the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall, for the 2018-2019 school year 
        and each subsequent school year, disburse not more than 90 
        percent of the amounts made available under sections 1127 and 
        1130 for the school year to such Tribes that administer 
        education savings account programs to enable the Tribes to 
        award grants to education savings accounts for ESA eligible 
        students for such school year, in accordance with subsection 
        (b).
            ``(2) Applicability.--This section shall apply with respect 
        to ESA eligible students who have submitted their application 
        for participation under this section to the Tribe of which the 
        student is an enrolled member on or after January 1, 2018.
            ``(3) Account administration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A Tribe may enter into an 
                agreement with a nonprofit entity for the 
                administration of the accounts created through the 
                Tribe's education savings account program.
                    ``(B) Nonprofit entity defined.--In this paragraph, 
                the term `nonprofit entity' means an entity that is 
                described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 
                501(a) of such Code.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--Funds disbursed to a Tribe under this 
        section may be used for--
                    ``(A) private school tuition and fees;
                    ``(B) textbooks, curriculum, and instructional 
                materials;
                    ``(C) academic, Native language, or cultural 
                tutoring;
                    ``(D) educational services and therapies for 
                students with special needs;
                    ``(E) tuition and fees for a non-public online 
                learning program;
                    ``(F) educational technology;
                    ``(G) examination fees; or
                    ``(H) transportation to and from a school not to 
                exceed $2,000 per year, per ESA eligible student.
    ``(b) Disbursements.--
            ``(1) Amount.--The amount disbursed by the Secretary of the 
        Interior under subsection (a) to a Tribe shall be, with respect 
        to each ESA eligible student for which the Tribe awards a grant 
        under this section for a school year, the lesser of--
                    ``(A) the amount of the grant provided by the Tribe 
                to the education savings account of the ESA eligible 
                student for the applicable school year; and
                    ``(B) 90 percent of the amount that the Secretary 
                would provide to a Bureau-funded school on behalf of 
                such student for the applicable school year under 
                sections 1127 and 1130.
            ``(2) Quarterly disbursements.--A Tribe that receives a 
        disbursement amount under subsection (a) shall make quarterly 
        grant distributions of such amount to education savings 
        accounts for ESA eligible students.
            ``(3) Limitation.--A Tribe shall allocate not more than 15 
        percent of the amount received per pupil under this section to 
        the administration of the education savings account programs of 
        the Tribe.
            ``(4) Roll over and remaining funds in an account.--Not 
        more than 50 percent of an ESA eligible student's total grant 
        amount for a school year made under this section may roll over 
        for use to the following school year.
    ``(c) Effect on Allotments.--For purposes of any calculation 
regarding the total number of eligible Indian students under section 
1127, the Secretary shall include all ESA eligible students who 
participate in an education savings account program under this section.
    ``(d) Rule of Construction.--A grant awarded to an ESA eligible 
student under this section shall be considered assistance to the 
student and shall not be considered assistance to a school that enrolls 
the ESA eligible student or any other educational service provider from 
which the ESA eligible student receives services.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) ESA eligible student.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `ESA eligible student' 
                means an individual who--
                            ``(i) is--
                                    ``(I) an elementary school or 
                                secondary school student who attended a 
                                Bureau-funded school in the semester 
                                preceding the date on which the student 
                                first applies for participation in an 
                                education savings account program; or
                                    ``(II) a child who will be eligible 
                                to attend a Bureau-funded school for 
                                kindergarten or any other elementary 
                                school grade in the next semester that 
                                will start after the date on which the 
                                student first applies for participation 
                                in an education savings account 
                                program;
                            ``(ii) will not be attending a Bureau-
                        funded school, receiving an education savings 
                        account from another Tribe, or attending a 
                        public elementary school or secondary school, 
                        while the student is participating in an 
                        education savings account program of a Tribe; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) meets any eligibility requirements 
                        of the education savings account program of the 
                        Tribe in which the student applies to 
                        participate.
                    ``(B) Period of eligibility.--A student who meets 
                the requirements of clauses (i) and (iii) of 
                subparagraph (A) for a school year and who was an 
                enrolled member of the Tribe to which the student 
                submitted an application for participation in the 
                education savings account program of the Tribe at the 
                time of submitting the application to the Tribe shall 
                be deemed to meet the requirements of such clauses 
                until the date on which the student graduates high 
                school or reaches the age of 21 years, whichever occurs 
                first.
            ``(2) Education savings account program.--The term 
        `education savings account program' means a program 
        administered by a Tribe in which the Tribe awards a grant to an 
        account controlled by a parent of an elementary school or 
        secondary school student from which the parent may purchase 
        goods and services needed for the education of the student.
            ``(3) Parent.--The term `parent' means a parent, guardian, 
        custodian, or other person with the authority to act on behalf 
        of an ESA eligible student.
            ``(4) Tribe.--The term `Tribe' means any recognized Indian 
        tribe included on the current list published by the Secretary 
        of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized 
        Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1126(c) of the Education 
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2006(c)) is amended by striking ``section 
1141(12)'' and inserting ``section 1142(12)''.
    (c) GAO Study.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall--
            (1) conduct a review of the implementation of the 
        amendments made by this Act during the preceding 3-year period, 
        including any factors impacting increased participation in 
        education savings account programs established pursuant to the 
        amendments made by this Act;
            (2) submit a report describing the results of the review 
        under paragraph (1) to--
                    (A) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate; 
                and
                    (B) the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska 
                Native Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of 
                the House of Representatives; and
            (3) publish the report under paragraph (2).
[A]: Native American Education Opportunity Act This bill amends the Education Amendments of 1978 to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), at the request of a federally recognized Indian tribe, to &nbsp;provide funds for tribal education savings account programs to make grants to education savings accounts for students who: (1)&nbsp;attended or will be eligible to attend a BIA-funded school; (2) will not be attending a BIA-funded school, receiving an education savings account from another tribe, or attending public elementary or secondary school while participating in the program; and (3) meet program eligibility requirements. Funds may be used for:   private school tuition and fees;  textbooks, curriculum, and instructional materials;  academic, Native language, or cultural tutoring;  educational services and therapies for students with special needs;  tuition and fees for a private online learning program;  educational technology;  examination fees; or  transportation to and from school.   Three years after this bill's enactment, the Government Accountability Office must review the implementation of the bill, including any factors impacting increased participation in education savings account programs.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as ``The American Horse Slaughter Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

     Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Horses have played a significant role in the history 
        and culture of the United States.
            (2) Horses in the United States are not raised for food or 
        fiber.
            (3) As a non-food and recreational animal, horses should be 
        protected from slaughter.
            (4) The foreign-owned horse slaughter industry has 
        slaughtered and exported for human consumption over 3 million 
        American horses in the last 2 decades.
            (5) Approximately 55,000 American horses are slaughtered 
        for human consumption annually in the United States by foreign-
        owned slaughterhouses. Tens of thousands of live horses are 
        exported from the United States annually for slaughter.
            (6) Horses slaughtered in these foreign-owned plants in the 
        United States have often been hauled several thousand miles 
        over several days, contrary to acceptable non-slaughter 
        standards for water, food, and rest.
            (7) Many horses shipped to slaughter are young, healthy 
        animals. Others are old, sick, blind, crippled and in otherwise 
        poor condition and are unfit to withstand the rigors of long 
        travel. Horses sent to be slaughtered are often shipped on 
        crowded double deck trucks designed for shorter necked species 
        such as pigs, cattle and sheep, and are forced to travel in a 
        bent position which can result in suffering, injury and death.
            (8) Killing of horses by foreign-owned slaughterhouses in 
        the United States contrasts with the preferable method of 
        killing by chemical euthanasia.
            (9) Horses endure repeated blows to the head with stunning 
        equipment that often does not render the animals unconscious. 
        Some horses proceed still conscious through the remaining 
        stages of slaughter being bled out and dismembered.
            (10) Because horses in America are not food animals, 
        veterinarians commonly prescribe and treat horses with potent 
        drugs that may reside in the horseflesh and be dangerous when 
        consumed by humans.
            (11) Because of the lack of disclosure on the part of the 
        agents and dealers for the slaughter plants people's horses are 
        many times acquired and slaughtered through fraud and 
        misrepresentation. Slaughter also provides a quick and 
        evidence-free outlet for stolen horses.
            (12) The imposition of a ban on the sale of horseflesh for 
        human consumption, regardless of its source, is consistent with 
        the international obligations of the United States because it 
        applies equally to domestic and foreign producers and avoids 
        any discrimination among foreign sources of competing products. 
        Such a ban is also consistent with provisions of international 
        agreements to which the United States is a party that expressly 
        allow for measures designed to protect the health and welfare 
        of animals and to enjoin the use of deceptive trade practices 
        in international or domestic commerce.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

     The purpose of this Act is --
            (1) to prohibit the slaughter of horses for human 
        consumption;
            (2) to prohibit the sale, possession, and trade of 
        horseflesh for human consumption;
            (3) to prohibit the sale, possession, and trade of live 
        horses for slaughter for human consumption.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

     For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Euthanasia.--The term ``euthanasia'' means to kill an 
        animal humanely by means that immediately renders the animal 
        unconscious, with this state remaining until the animal's swift 
        death.
            (2) Export.--The term ``export'' means to take from any 
        place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to a 
        place not subject to such jurisdiction, whether or not the 
        taking constitutes an exportation within the meaning of the 
        customs laws of the United States.
            (3) Horse.--The term ``horse'' means all members of the 
        equid family, including horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, asses, 
        and burros.
            (4) Horseflesh.--The term ``horseflesh'' means the flesh of 
        a dead horse, including the animal's viscera, skin, hair, hide, 
        hooves, and bones.
            (5) Human consumption.--The term ``human consumption'' 
        means ingestion by people as a source of food.
            (6) Import.--The term ``import'' means to bring into any 
        place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States from a 
        place not subject to such jurisdiction, whether or not the 
        bringing constitutes an importation within the meaning of the 
        customs laws of the United States.
            (7) Person.--The term ``person'' means--
                    (A) an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, 
                association, or other private entity;
                    (B) an officer, employee, agent, department, or 
                instrumentality of--
                            (i) the Federal Government; or
                            (ii) any State, municipality, or political 
                        subdivision of State; or
                    (C) any other entity subject to the jurisdiction of 
                the United States.
            (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (9) Slaughter.--The term ``slaughter'' means the commercial 
        slaughter of one or more horses with the intent to sell, 
        barter, or trade the flesh for human consumption.
            (10) State.--The term ``State'' means the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
        Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory, or possession 
        of the United States.
            (11) Transport.--The term ``transport'' means to move by 
        any means, or to receive or load onto a vehicle for the purpose 
        of movement.
            (12) United states.--The term ``United States'' means the 
        customs territory of the United States, as defined in general 
        note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITED ACTS.

    (a) In General.--A person shall not--
            (1) slaughter a horse for human consumption;
            (2) import into, or export from, the United States 
        horseflesh for human consumption or live horses intended for 
        slaughter for human consumption;
            (3) sell or barter, offer to sell or barter, purchase, 
        possess, transport, deliver, or receive horseflesh for human 
        consumption or live horses intended for slaughter for human 
        consumption; or
            (4) solicit, request, or otherwise knowingly cause any act 
        prohibited under paragraph (1), (2), or (3).

SEC. 6. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Criminal Penalties.--A person who violates section 5 shall be 
fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 
1 year, or both.
    (b) Civil Penalties.--
            (1) In general.--Any person who violates any provision of 
        section 5 shall, in addition to any other civil or criminal 
        penalty that may be imposed under title 18, United States Code, 
        or any other provision of law, be assessed, by the Secretary, a 
        civil penalty of not more than $5,000 but not less than $2,500, 
        and shall have confiscated all horses in that person's physical 
        or legal possession at the time of arrest, if said horses are 
        intended for slaughter.
            (2) Debarment.--The Secretary shall prohibit a person from 
        importing, exporting, transporting, trading, or selling horses 
        in the United States, if the Secretary finds that the person 
        has engaged in a pattern or practice of actions that has 
        resulted in a final judicial or administrative determination 
        with respect to the assessment of criminal or civil penalties 
        for violations of any provision of this Act
    (c) Notice; Hearing.--No monetary penalty may be assessed under 
this subsection against a person unless the person is given notice and 
opportunity for a hearing with respect to such violation in accordance 
with section 554 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Enforcement.--
            (1) Use of personnel.--The Secretary shall enforce this 
        Act, and may use, by agreement, the personnel, services, and 
        facilities of any other Federal, State, or local agency for the 
        purposes of enforcing this Act. For good cause shown, the 
        Secretary may remit or mitigate any civil penalty.
            (2) Execution of process; arrest; search; seizure.--Any 
        person authorized by the Secretary to enforce this Act may 
        execute any warrant or process issued by any officer or court 
        of competent jurisdiction to enforce this Act. Such a person so 
        authorized may, in addition to any other authority conferred by 
        law--
                    (A) with or without warrant or other process, 
                arrest any person committing in his presence or view a 
                violation of this Act or the regulations issued 
                thereunder;
                    (B) seize the cargo of any truck or other 
                conveyance used or employed to violate this Act or the 
                regulations issued hereunder or which reasonably 
                appears to have been so used or employed; and
                    (C) seize, whenever and wherever found, all horses 
                and horseflesh possessed in violation of this Act or 
                the regulations issued thereunder and dispose of them, 
                in accordance with this section and regulations 
                prescribed by the Secretary.
            (3) Placement of confiscated horses.--
                    (A) Temporary placement.--After confiscation of a 
                live horse pursuant to this Act, the arresting 
                authorities shall work with animal welfare societies 
                and animal control departments to ensure the temporary 
                placement of the horse with an animal rescue facility 
                that is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 
                of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from 
                taxation under section 501(a) of such Code, while the 
                person charged with violating this Act is prosecuted. 
                If placement at such a facility is not possible, the 
                arresting authorities shall work with animal welfare 
                societies and animal control departments to temporarily 
                place the horse with a facility that has as its primary 
                purpose the humane treatment of animals, or another 
                suitable location.
                    (B) Bonds.--
                            (i) Posting of bond.--The owner of a horse 
                        confiscated pursuant to this Act may prevent 
                        permanent placement of the horse by the 
                        facility that has temporary custody of the 
                        horse by posting a bond with the court in an 
                        amount the court determines is sufficient to 
                        provide for the necessary care and keeping of 
                        the horse for at least 60 days, including the 
                        day on which the horse was taken into custody. 
                        Such bond shall be filed with the court within 
                        10 days after the horse is confiscated. If a 
                        bond is not so posted, the custodial facility 
                        shall determine permanent placement of the 
                        horse in accordance with reasonable practices 
                        for the humane treatment of animals. If the 
                        animal has not yet been returned to the owner 
                        at the end of the time for which expenses are 
                        covered by the bond, and if the owner desires 
                        to prevent permanent placement of the animal by 
                        the custodial facility, the owner shall post a 
                        new bond with the court within ten days 
                        following the prior bond's expiration. If a new 
                        bond is not so posted, the custodial facility 
                        shall determine permanent placement of the 
                        horse in accordance with reasonable practices 
                        for the humane treatment of animals.
                            (ii) Costs for providing care for horse 
                        deducted from bond.--If a bond has been posted 
                        in accordance with clause (i), the custodial 
                        facility may draw from the bond the actual 
                        reasonable costs incurred by the facility in 
                        providing the necessary care and keeping of the 
                        confiscated horse from the date of the initial 
                        confiscation to the date of final disposition 
                        of the horse in the criminal action charging a 
                        violation of this Act.
                    (C) Permanent placement.--Any horse confiscated 
                pursuant to this Act and not returned to the owner 
                thereafter (except where otherwise provided in 
                paragraph (4)) shall be placed permanently with an 
                animal rescue facility or other suitable facility as 
                described in this section upon--
                            (i) the conviction of the horse's owner 
                        pursuant to this Act;
                            (ii) the owner's surrender of the horse;
                            (iii) the failure of the horse's owner to 
                        post a bond as required in accordance with 
                        subparagraph (B); or
                            (iv) the Secretary's inability to identify 
                        the owner.
            (4) Euthanasia of horses.--
                    (A) Emergency circumstances.--The Secretary or any 
                law enforcement individual charged with enforcing this 
                Act may order or perform the immediate euthanasia of 
                any horse in the field when such horse is injured 
                beyond recovery and suffering irreversibly. Methods 
                used shall be in accordance with the most recent Report 
                of the American Veterinary Medical Association's Panel 
                on Euthanasia (2000) and State and local laws and may 
                include gunshot, but shall not include electrocution or 
                penetrating captive bolt.
                    (B) Horses beyond recovery and unplaceable.--The 
                Secretary or any individual charged with enforcing this 
                Act may order the euthanasia of any confiscated horse 
                when injured, disabled, or diseased beyond recovery or 
                when placement at an animal rescue facility or other 
                suitable facility, as described in this section, is not 
                possible within 90 days of any circumstance as 
                described in section 6(d)(3)(C). An equine or large-
                animal veterinarian shall perform the euthanasia rated 
                ``Acceptable'' for horses in the most recent Report of 
                the American Veterinary Medical Association's Panel on 
                Euthanasia (2000), but shall not include penetrating 
                captive bolt, electrocution, gunshot, or other non-
                chemical means.
    (e) Funding of Animal Rescue Facilities.--
            (1) Grants.--To the extent that funds are made available 
        for this purpose by Acts of appropriation, the Secretary shall 
        make grants to animal rescue facilities described in this 
        section that have given adequate assurances to the Secretary 
        that they are willing to accept horses confiscated pursuant to 
        this Act.
            (2) Penalties, fines, and forfeited property.--Amounts 
        received as penalties, fines, or forfeited property under this 
        Act shall be used for the care of any live horses seized from 
        violators of this Act and taken into the possession of the 
        United States or placed with an animal rescue facility as 
        described in this section.
    (f) Calculation of Violations.--For purposes of this section, a 
separate offense shall be calculated as follows:
            (1) Each live horse transported, traded, slaughtered, or 
        possessed in violation of this Act shall constitute a separate 
        offense.
            (2) Every four hundred pounds or less of confiscated 
        horseflesh shall constitute a separate offense.

SEC. 7. REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.

     Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to Congress on the efforts of the United States Government to 
enforce the provisions of this Act and the adequacy of the resources to 
do so.

SEC. 8. EXEMPTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in section 5, nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to affect the regulation by any State of its 
horse population.
    (b) Exception for Designated Law Enforcement Official Purposes.--A 
person described in section 4(7)(B) may engage in activities described 
in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 5 solely for purposes of 
enforcing this Act.

SEC. 9. DATE OF ENFORCEMENT.

     This Act shall take effect one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
[A]: The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act - Prohibits a person from: (1) slaughtering a horse for human consumption; (2) importing to, or exporting from, the United States horseflesh or horses for human consumption; (3) selling, bartering, transferring, receiving, or distributing horseflesh or horses for human consumption; or (4) soliciting or knowingly causing any such actions.Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) criminal and civil penalties; (2) enforcement authority of the Secretary of Agriculture; (3) placement of confiscated horses; (4) euthanasia of unplaceable or severely injured or diseased horses; (4) funding of animal rescue facilities; and (5) exemptions.


[Q]: SECTION 1. ANTITRUST EXEMPTIONS.

     (a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the 
legal requirements and policies followed by the Department in deciding 
whether to approve international alliances under section 41309 of title 
49, United States Code, and grant exemptions from the antitrust laws 
under section 41308 of such title in connection with such international 
alliances.
    (b) Issues To Be Considered.--In conducting the study under 
subsection (a), the Comptroller General, at a minimum, shall examine 
the following:
            (1) Whether granting exemptions from the antitrust laws in 
        connection with international alliances has resulted in public 
        benefits, including an analysis of whether such benefits could 
        have been achieved by international alliances not receiving 
        exemptions from the antitrust laws.
            (2) Whether granting exemptions from the antitrust laws in 
        connection with international alliances has resulted in reduced 
        competition, increased prices in markets, or other adverse 
        effects.
            (3) Whether international alliances that have been granted 
        exemptions from the antitrust laws have implemented pricing or 
        other practices with respect to the hub airports at which the 
        alliances operate that have resulted in increased costs for 
        consumers or foreclosed competition by rival (nonalliance) air 
        carriers at such airports.
            (4) Whether increased network size resulting from 
        additional international alliance members will adversely affect 
        competition between international alliances.
            (5) The areas in which immunized international alliances 
        compete and whether there is sufficient competition among 
        immunized international alliances to ensure that consumers will 
        receive benefits of at least the same magnitude as those that 
        consumers would receive if there were no immunized 
        international alliances.
            (6) The minimum number of international alliances that is 
        necessary to ensure robust competition and benefits to 
        consumers on major international routes.
            (7) Whether the different regulatory and antitrust 
        responsibilities of the Secretary and the Attorney General with 
        respect to international alliances have created any significant 
        conflicting agency recommendations, such as the conditions 
        imposed in granting exemptions from the antitrust laws.
            (8) Whether, from an antitrust standpoint, requests for 
        exemptions from the antitrust laws in connection with 
        international alliances should be treated as mergers, and 
        therefore be exclusively subject to a traditional merger 
        analysis by the Attorney General and be subject to advance 
        notification requirements and a confidential review process 
        similar to those required under section 7A of the Clayton Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 18a).
            (9) Whether the Secretary should amend, modify, or revoke 
        any exemption from the antitrust laws granted by the Secretary 
        in connection with an international alliance.
    (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Secretary of 
Transportation, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study 
under subsection (a), including any recommendations of the Comptroller 
General as to whether there should be changes in the authority of the 
Secretary under title 49, United States Code, or policy changes that 
the Secretary can implement administratively, with respect to approving 
international alliances and granting exemptions from the antitrust laws 
in connection with such international alliances.
    (d) Adoption of Recommended Policy Changes.--Not later than one 
year after the date of receipt of the report under subsection (c), and 
after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, the 
Secretary shall issue a written determination as to whether the 
Secretary will adopt the policy changes, if any, recommended by the 
Comptroller General in the report or make any other policy changes with 
respect to approving international alliances and granting exemptions 
from the antitrust laws in connection with such international 
alliances.
    (e) Sunset Provision.--
            (1) In general.--An exemption from the antitrust laws 
        granted by the Secretary on or before the last day of the 3-
        year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act in 
        connection with an international alliance, including an 
        exemption granted before the date of enactment of this Act, 
        shall cease to be effective after such last day unless the 
        exemption is renewed by the Secretary.
            (2) Timing for renewals.--The Secretary may not renew an 
        exemption under paragraph (1) before the date on which the 
        Secretary issues a written determination under subsection (d).
            (3) Standards for renewals.--The Secretary shall make a 
        decision on whether to renew an exemption under paragraph (1) 
        based on the policies of the Department in effect after the 
        Secretary issues a written determination under subsection (d).
    (f) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Exemption from the antitrust laws.--The term 
        ``exemption from the antitrust laws'' means an exemption from 
        the antitrust laws granted by the Secretary under section 41308 
        of title 49, United States Code.
            (2) Immunized international alliance.--The term ``immunized 
        international alliance'' means an international alliance for 
        which the Secretary has granted an exemption from the antitrust 
        laws.
            (3) International alliance.--The term ``international 
        alliance'' means a cooperative agreement between an air carrier 
        and a foreign air carrier to provide foreign air transportation 
        subject to approval or disapproval by the Secretary under 
        section 41309 of title 49, United States Code.
            (4) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
        Department of Transportation.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Transportation.
[A]:
Directs the Comptroller General to study legal requirements and policies followed by the Department of Transportation in deciding whether to: (1) approve cooperative agreements between an air carrier and a foreign air carrier (international alliances) to provide foreign air transportation; and (2) exempt such alliances from the U.S. antitrust laws.

Requires: (1) the Comptroller General to report to the Secretary and Congress study results, including any recommendations for authority or policy changes with respect to approving such alliances and granting such exemptions; and (2) the Secretary to issue a determination, after public comment, whether such changes will be adopted.