§9783 Johnston Atoll: Reimbursement for Support Provided to Civil Air Carriers

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can make a civil air carrier pay the United States for help given to the carrier at Johnston Atoll if the carrier asks for the help or if the help is needed to let the carrier use the atoll. The Secretary will set the rules for how this works. The carrier must pay only the actual cost to the United States. If the carrier pays under this rule, no separate landing fee may be charged. Money collected goes into the right government accounts in the same fiscal year: payments for Air Force help go to Air Force operation and maintenance funds, and payments for Army help go to Army chemical demilitarization funds. That money is combined with the appropriation and can be used for the same purpose and time period without another approval. A “civil air carrier” here means an air carrier with a federal certificate of public convenience and necessity. “Support” covers things like fuel, fire rescue, use of facilities and repairs, police and safety, housing and food, air traffic control, pausing military operations (including work at the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Demilitarization System), and other needed services or supplies.