Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/94

 94 STAT. 44

PUBLIC LAW 96-192—FEB. 15, 1980 "TRANSPORTATION OF GOVERNMENT-FINANCED PASSENGERS AND PROPERTY "TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND A PLACE OUTSIDE THEREOF

49 USC 1871.

"SEC. 1117. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, whenever any executive department or other agency or instrumentality of the United States shall procure, contract for, or otherwise obtain for its own account or in furtherance of the purposes or pursuant to the terms of any contract, agreement, or other special arrangement made or entered into under which payment is made by the United States or payment is made from funds appropriated, owned, controlled, granted, or conditionally granted or utilized by or otherwise established for the account of the United States, or shall furnish to or for the account of any foreign nation, or any international agency, or other organization, of whatever nationality, without provisions for reimbursement, any transportation of persons (and their personal effects) or property by air between a place in the United States and a place outside thereof, the appropriate agency or agencies shall take such steps as may be necessary to assure that such transportation is provided by air carriers holding certificates under section 401 of this Act to the extent authorized by such certificates or by regulations or exemption of the Civil Aeronautics Board and to the extent service by such ceirriers is available. "TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN TWO PLACES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

"(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, whenever persons (and their personal effects) or property described in subsection (a) of this section are transported by air between two places both of which are outside the United States, the appropriate agency or agencies shall take such steps as may be necessary to assure that such transportation is provided by air carriers holding certificates under section 401 of this Act to the extent authorized by such certificates or by regulations or exemption of the Civil Aeronautics Board and to the extent service by such carriers is reeisonably available. "TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT TO BILATERAL AGREEMENT

Ante, p. 42.

"(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude the transportation of persons (and their personal effects) or property by foreign air carriers if such transportation is provided for under the terms of a bilateral or multilateral air transport agreement between the United States and a foreign government or governments and if such agreement (1) is consistent with the goals for international aviation policy set forth in section 1102(b) of this Act and (2) provides for the exchange of rights or benefits of similar magnitude. "DISALLOWANCE OF IMPROPER EXPENDITURE BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL

"(d) The Comptroller CJeneral of the United States shall disallow any expenditure from appropriated funds for payment for personnel or cargo transportation in violation of this section in the absence of satisfactory proof of the necessity therefor. Nothing in this section shall prevent the application to such traffic of the antidiscrimination provisions of this Act.".

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