Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§9073 Procedures for Providing Payroll Support

Title 15 › Chapter 116— CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT) › Subchapter III— ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY › Part B— Air Carrier Worker Support › § 9073

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give money to airlines and to contractors to cover pay and benefits for the period April 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019. If an airline filed reports to the U.S. Department of Transportation under 14 CFR part 241, the payment equals the salaries and benefits shown in those reports. If an airline did not file those reports, it or a contractor must certify, with sworn financial statements or other data, how much they actually paid in wages, salaries, benefits, and other compensation for that same period. The Secretary will decide how the money is paid and what rules apply, including audits and taking back funds if the airline or contractor breaks required promises. The Secretary must publish quick application rules within 5 days after March 27, 2020, and make initial payments within 10 days after March 27, 2020. The Secretary will also set a method to quickly pay any remaining funds. If money is short, the Secretary can cut payments proportionally under the rules in section 9072. The Treasury Inspector General must audit the certifications made for these payments.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §9073

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(a)The Secretary shall provide financial assistance under this part—

(1)to an air carrier in an amount equal to the salaries and benefits reported by the air carrier to the Department of Transportation pursuant to part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, for the period from April 1, 2019, through September 30, 2019; and

(2)to an air carrier that does not transmit reports under such part 241, in an amount that such air carrier certifies, using sworn financial statements or other appropriate data, as the amount of wages, salaries, benefits, and other compensation that such air carrier paid the employees of such air carrier during the period from April 1, 2019, through September 30, 2019; and

(3)to a contractor, in an amount that the contractor certifies, using sworn financial statements or other appropriate data, as the amount of wages, salaries, benefits, and other compensation that such contractor paid the employees of such contractor during the period from April 1, 2019, through September 30, 2019.

(b)(1)(A)Financial assistance provided to an air carrier or contractor under this part shall be in such form, on such terms and conditions (including requirements for audits and the clawback of any financial assistance provided upon failure by a passenger air carrier, cargo air carrier, or contractor to honor the assurances specified in section 9074 of this title), as the Secretary determines appropriate.

(B)The Secretary shall publish streamlined and expedited procedures not later than 5 days after March 27, 2020, for air carriers and contractors to submit requests for financial assistance under this part.

(2)Not later than 10 days after March 27, 2020, the Secretary shall make initial payments to air carriers and contractors that submit requests for financial assistance approved by to the Secretary.

(3)The Secretary shall determine an appropriate method for timely distribution of payments to air carriers and contractors with approved requests for financial assistance from any funds remaining available after providing initial financial assistance payments under paragraph (2).

(c)The Secretary shall have the authority to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the amounts due to air carriers and contractors under the applicable paragraph of section 9072 of this title in order to address any shortfall in assistance that would otherwise be provided under such section.

(d)The Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury shall audit certifications made under subsection (a).

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 9073

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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