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Protest or memorandum.

Foreign air transportation.

PUBLIC LAW 96-192—FEB. 15, 1980 or the Board finds that, under all the facts and circumstances, an oral evidentiary hearing is required in the public interest. "(2) Any interested person may file with the Board a protest or memorandum in support of or in opposition to the alteration, amendment, modification, suspension, or revocation of a certificate pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. "(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Board may suspend or revoke authority of an air carrier to serve any point in foreign air transportation authorized in a certificate issued under this section, upon notice and with a reasonable opportunity for the affected carrier to present its views, but without hearing, if the carrier has notified the Board in accordance with subsection (j) of this section or any regulation of the Board that it proposes to suspend all service provided by that carrier to such point, or, except at a point which is provided seasonal service comparable to that provided during the previous year, if the carrier has failed to provide any regularly scheduled service to the point for 90 days preceding the date of the Board's notice to the carrier of its proposed action.". SEC. 7. Section 402(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1372(b)) is amended to read as follows: ISSUANCE OF PERMIT

Foreign air carriers.

"(b) The Board is empowered to issue such a permit if it finds (1) that the applicant is fit, willing, and able properly to perform such foreign air transportation and to conform to the provisions of this Act and the rules, regulations, and requirements of the Board hereunder and (2) either that the applicant is qualified, and has been designated by its government, to perform such foreign air transportation under the terms of an agreement with the United States, or that such transportation will be in the public interest.". SEC. 8. The third sentence of section 402(d) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1372(d)) is amended by striking out "Such application shall be set for public hearing and the" and inserting in lieu thereof "The". SEC. 9. Section 402(f) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1372(0) is amended by inserting "(1)" immediately after "(0" and by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) Whenever the Board finds that the government, aeronautical authorities, or foreign air carriers of any foreign country have, over the objections of the Government of the United States, impaired, limited, or denied the operating rights of United States air carriers, or engaged in unfair, discriminatory, or restrictive practices with a substantial adverse competitive impact upon United States carriers, with respect to air transportation services to, from, through, or over the territory of such country, the Board may, without hearing but subject to the approval of the President of the United States, summarily suspend the permits of the foreign air carriers of such country, or alter, modify, amend, condition, or limit operations under such permits, if it finds such action to be in the public interest. The Board may also, without hearing but subject to Presidential approval, to the extent necessary to make the operation of this paragraph effective, restrict operations between such foreign country and the United States by any foreign air carrier of a third country.". SEC. 10. Section 407(a) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1377(a)) is gunended by inserting the phrase "or foreign air carrier"

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