§9783 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can make a civil air carrier pay the United States for support given at Johnston Atoll when the carrier asks for it or when the support is needed so the carrier can use the atoll. The Secretary must make rules for charging. Charges must equal the actual U.S. cost and can only cover items that meet those two reasons. If a carrier pays for support, it cannot also be charged a landing fee. Money collected is credited in the year received: Air Force support goes to Air Force operation and maintenance funds; Army support goes to Army chemical demilitarization funds. Those funds join the appropriation and may be used for the same purposes and time without more approval. Definitions: "civil air carrier" — an air carrier with a federal certificate of public convenience and necessity. "Support" — includes fuel, emergency and rescue services, use of facilities and needed improvements, police and safety, housing and food, air traffic control, suspension of military operations (including the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Demilitarization System), repairs, and other services or supplies.

Title 10, §9783

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(a)The Secretary of the Air Force may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, require payment by a civil air carrier for support provided by the United States to the carrier at Johnston Atoll that is either—

(1)requested by the civil air carrier; or

(2)determined under the regulations as being necessary to accommodate the civil air carrier’s use of Johnston Atoll.

(b)Any amount charged an air carrier under subsection (a) for support shall be equal to the total amount of the actual costs to the United States of providing the support. The amount charged may not include any amount for an item of support that does not satisfy a condition described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a).

(c)No landing fee shall be charged an air carrier for a landing of an aircraft of the air carrier at Johnston Atoll if the air carrier is charged under subsection (a) for support provided to the air carrier.

(d)(1)Amounts collected from an air carrier under this section shall be credited to appropriations available for the fiscal year in which collected, as follows:

(A)For support provided by the Air Force, to appropriations available for the Air Force for operation and maintenance.

(B)For support provided by the Army, to appropriations available for the Army for chemical demilitarization.

(2)Amounts credited to an appropriation under paragraph (1) shall be merged with funds in that appropriation and shall be available, without further appropriation, for the purposes and period for which the appropriation is available.

(e)In this section:

(1)The term “civil air carrier” means an air carrier (as defined in section 40102(a)(2) of title 49) that is issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 41102 of such title.

(2)The term “support” includes fuel, fire rescue, use of facilities, improvements necessary to accommodate use by civil air carriers, police, safety, housing, food, air traffic control, suspension of military operations on the island (including operations at the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Demilitarization System), repairs, and any other construction, services, or supplies.

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Amendments

2001—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 107–107 substituted “40102(a)(2)” for “40101(a)(2)”.

§9783 Johnston Atoll: reimbursement for support provided to civil air carriers

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Title 10, §9783

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