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 PUBLIC LAW 108–11—APR. 16, 2003

117 STAT. 605

of this Act: Provided further, That the Transportation Security Administration, not later than 30 days after the last disbursement of funds made pursuant to the second proviso under this heading, shall certify that such funds were allocated by air carriers for security related expenses or revenue forgone as a result of meeting Federal security mandates and shall transmit such certification to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security of the Department of Homeland Security shall not impose the fees authorized by section 44940(a) of title 49, United States Code, during the period beginning June 1, 2003, and ending September 30, 2003: Provided further, That: (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not provide assistance to an air carrier pursuant to the second proviso under this heading unless that air carrier executes a contract with the Secretary under which the air carrier agrees that— (A) the air carrier will not provide total cash compensation during the 12-month period beginning April 1, 2003, to an executive officer in an amount equal to more than the annual salary paid to that officer with respect to the air carrier’s fiscal year 2002; and (B) if the air carrier violates the agreement under subparagraph (A), the air carrier will pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 60 days after the date on which the violation occurs, an amount, determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, equal to the total amount of assistance received by the air carrier pursuant to the second proviso under this heading. (2) For the purpose of applying paragraph (1) of this proviso to an executive officer— (A) who was employed by an air carrier for less than 12 months during the air carrier’s fiscal year 2002, or whose employment began after the last day of the last fiscal year of such air carrier ending before the date of enactment of this Act— (i) the salary paid to that executive officer in that air carrier’s fiscal year 2002, or in the next fiscal year of that air carrier (if such next fiscal year began before the date of enactment of this Act), respectively, shall be determined as an annual rate of pay; (ii) that annual rate of pay shall be treated as if it were the annual salary paid to that executive officer during the air carrier’s fiscal year 2002; and (iii) that executive officer shall be deemed to have been employed during that fiscal year; and (B) whose employment begins after the date of enactment of this Act— (i) the annual salary at which that executive officer is first employed by an air carrier may not exceed the maximum salary paid to any executive officer by that air carrier during that air carrier’s fiscal year 2002 with the same or similar responsibilities;

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