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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Airline Bankruptcy Passenger
Protection Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

(a) In General.--Title IV of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49
U.S.C. App. 1371-1389) is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new section:

''SEC. 420. BANKRUPTCY TRANSPORTATION PLANS.

''(a) Development.--
''(1) Order.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue an order
authorizing covered air carriers to develop a plan for
providing air transportation for any person who holds an
airline ticket for provision of such transportation by a
covered air carrier who, after the date of purchase of such
ticket, becomes a debtor in a case under title 11, United
States Code. Such order shall also include an exemption in
accordance with section 414.
''(2) Deadline for submission.--Any plan developed under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Secretary for approval
within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
section.
''(b) Time Limit and Basis for Approval.--If a plan is submitted to
the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary shall
approve or disapprove such plan within 60 days after the date of such
submission. If the Secretary determines that such plan will provide (or
would provide if all covered air carriers participate in implementation
of such plan) satisfactory protection for all persons who hold airline
tickets described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall approve such
plan. Otherwise, the Secretary shall disapprove such plan.
''(c) Implementation of Approved Plans.--If the Secretary approves
a plan under this section, the Secretary shall issue an order requiring
implementation of such plan by the covered air carriers who submitted
such plan and any other covered air carriers. If there are any covered
air carriers who did not participate in development of a plan approved
under this section, such carriers shall be treated under such order and
plan in the same manner as carriers who did participate in development
of such plan.
''(d) Regulations.--If a plan described in subsection (a) is not
submitted within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
section, or if the Secretary disapproves a plan submitted in accordance
with subsection (a), or if the Secretary determines that a plan
approved under this section is not being implemented in a manner which
provides satisfactory protection for all persons who hold airline
tickets described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue
regulations requiring all covered air carriers to provide air
transportation for persons who hold such tickets. Such regulations must
be issued within 90 days after the expiration of such 180-day period,
the date of disapproval of such plan, or the date of such
determination, as the case may be.
''(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) Airline ticket.--The term 'airline ticket' means any
written instrument that embodies a contract of carriage between
a covered air carrier and a passenger thereof for interstate or
overseas air transportation.
''(2) Covered air carrier.--The term 'covered air carrier'
means--
''(A) an air carrier which provides interstate or
overseas air transportation primarily with aircraft
having seating for more than 60 passengers and which in
the 12-month period preceding the date of the enactment
of this section, enplaned more than .2 percent of the
total number of passengers enplaned on all aircraft
used to provide interstate and overseas air
transportation in such period; and
''(B) an air carrier not described in subparagraph
(A) who enters into an agreement with an air carrier
who is described in subparagraph (A) to operate under
or use a single air carrier designator code to provide
interstate or overseas air transportation, but only
with respect to those operations of the carrier not
described in subparagraph (A) which are carried out
under such code.
''(3) Secretary.--The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary
of Transportation.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment to Table of Contents.--The table of
contents in the first section of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is
amended by adding at the end of the material relating to title IV the
following:

''Sec. 420. Bankruptcy transportation plans.
''(a) Development.
''(b) Time limit and basis for approval.
''(c) Implementation of approved plans.
''(d) Regulations.
''(e) Definitions.''.
A:
Airline Bankruptcy Passenger Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue an order authorizing a covered air carrier to develop an air transportation plan which protects airline ticket holders in the event it becomes a debtor in bankruptcy proceedings after the ticket purchase date.
Provides that if satisfactory plans have not been submitted by a specified deadline, the Secretary must promulgate regulations requiring all covered air carriers to provide air transportation for such ticket holders.