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Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§9075 Protection of Collective Bargaining Agreement

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 › § 9075

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

No federal official, department, or agency can make giving federal money to an air carrier or its contractor depend on forcing the carrier or contractor to start talks with a union (one certified under the Railway Labor Act or the National Labor Relations Act) about pay or other job terms. This rule applies to each carrier or contractor from the day it first gets the federal money until September 30, 2020.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §9075

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(a)In general
Neither the Secretary, nor any other actor, department, or agency of the Federal Government, shall condition the issuance of financial assistance under this part on an air carrier’s or contractor’s implementation of measures to enter into negotiations with the certified bargaining representative of a craft or class of employees of the air carrier or contractor under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), regarding pay or other terms and conditions of employment.
(b)Period of effect
With respect to an air carrier or contractor to which financial assistance is provided under this part, this section shall be in effect with respect to the air carrier or contractor beginning on the date on which the air carrier or contractor is first issued such financial assistance and ending on September 30, 2020.

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The Railway Labor Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act
May 20, 1926, ch. 347, 44 Stat. 577, which is classified principally to chapter 8 (§ 151 et seq.) of Title 45, Railroads. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 151 of Title 45 and Tables. The National Labor Relations Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act
July 5, 1935, ch. 372, 49 Stat. 449, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 151 et seq.) of chapter 7 of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 167 of Title 29 and Tables.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 9075

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110