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Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§9092 Pandemic Relief for Aviation Workers

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 C — Airline Worker Support Extension › § 9092

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give money to keep aviation workers on the payroll. The funds can only be used to keep paying employees’ wages, salaries, and benefits. Up to $15,000,000,000 is available for passenger air carriers, and up to $1,000,000,000 is available for contractors. The Secretary may use funds made available under section 9072(b) to cover the costs and administrative expenses of running this financial help program.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §9092

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(a)Financial assistance for employee wages, salaries, and benefits
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)Administrative expenses
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.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 9092

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110