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PUBLIC LAW 93-623-JAN. 3, 1975

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or agencies, therefore, each shall keep under review, to the extent of their respective functions, all forms of discrimination or unfair competitive practices to which United States air carriers are subject in providing foreign air transportation services and each shall take all appropriate actions within its jurisdiction to eliminate such forms of discrimination or unfair competitive practices found to exist. (b) Each of these departments and agencies of Government, shall request from Congress such additional legislation as may be deemed necessary at any time it is determined there is inadequate legal authority for dealing with any form of discrimination or unfair competitive practice found to exist. (c) The Civil Aeronautics Board shall report annually to Congress Report to conon the actions that have been taken under subsection (a) and on the ^'^ continuing program to eliminate discriminations and unfair competitive practices faced by United States carriers in foreign air transportation. The Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Transportation shall furnish to the Civil Aeronautics Board such information as may be necessary to prepare the report required by this subsection. '.



INTERNATIONAL USER

CHARGES

SEC. 3. The International Aviation Facilities Act (49 U.S.C. 11511160) is amended by redesignating sections 11 and 12 as sections 12 and 13, respectively, and by inserting immediately after section 10 the following new section: "SEC. 11. The Secretary of Transportation shall survey the charges made to air carriers by foreign governments or other foreign entities for the use of airport property or airway property in foreign air transportation. If the Secretary of Transportation determines at any time that such charges unreasonably exceed comparable charges for furnishing such airport property or airway property in the United States or are otherwise discriminatory, he shall submit a report on such cases promptly to the Secretary of State and the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Secretary of State, in collaboration with the Civil Aeronautics Board, shall promptly undertake negotiations with the foreign country involved to reduce such charges or eliminate such discriminations. If within a reasonable period such charges are not leduced or such discriminations eliminated through negotiations, the Secretary of State shall promptly report such instances to the Secretary of Transportation who shall determine compensating charges equal to such excessive or discriminatory charges. Such compensating charges shall, with the approval of the Secretary of State, be imposed on the foreign air carrier or carriers of the country concerned by the Secretary of the Treasury as a condition to acceptance of the general declaration at the time of landing or takeoff of aircraft of such foreign air carrier or carriers. The amounts so collected shall accrue to an account established for that purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury. Payments shall be made from that account to air carriers in such amounts as shall be certified by the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with such regulations as he shall adopt to compensate such air carriers for excessive or discriminatory charges paid by them to the foreign countries involved.". RATES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF UNITED STATES M A I L I N FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 4. Subsection (h) of section 406 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1376) is amended by inserting " (1) " immediately after " (h) ", and by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs:

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Reports.

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