§9092 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

§9092 Pandemic relief for aviation workers

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 116— - CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT) › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY › Part Part C— - Airline Worker Support Extension › § 9092

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give money to keep aviation workers employed and to pay their wages, salaries, and benefits. That money can only be used for those pay and benefit costs. Up to $15,000,000,000 is for passenger air carriers and up to $1,000,000,000 is for contractors. The Secretary may also use funds made available under section 9072(b) to pay the program’s costs and administrative expenses.

Title 15, §9092

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to preserve aviation jobs and compensate air carrier industry workers, the Secretary shall provide financial assistance that shall exclusively be used for the continuation of payment of employee wages, salaries, and benefits to—

(1)passenger air carriers, in an aggregate amount up to $15,000,000,000; and

(2)contractors, in an aggregate amount up to $1,000,000,000.

(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may use funds made available under section 9072(b) of this title for costs and administrative expenses associated with providing financial assistance under this part.

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This part, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A (§§ 401–412) of title IV of div. N of Pub. L. 116–260, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2052, which enacted this part and amended section 9041, 9071, and 9074 of this title. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and not as part of the CARES Act which in part comprises this chapter.