The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Pub. L. 116-260 § 407 as applied to ARPA § 7301 recipients
- Issued
- 2021-04-29 Apr. 29, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-14 ("the 15th day after its issuance") (read as 2021-05-14)
- End
- 2021-09-30
- In force
- May 14, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineOther
- Addressees
- Covered Carriers accepting financial assistance under Pub. L. 117-2 § 7301 holding certificates under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41101-41102 or commuter authorizations
- Functions reached
- OP airline schedules governed by federal minimum-service order on every day of Q3 2021
- CB airports, concessionaires, hotels and travel-dependent employers
- TR business travel capacity
- Collection
- Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE
Operative words
"ACCORDINGLY: 1. The Department finalizes its tentative determinations as described in Order 2021-4-2 (April 6, 2021) subject to the modifications described in the body of this Order; 2. The Department determines that the Service Obligation contained in Division N, Title IV, Subtitle A, Section 407 of Pub. L. No. 116-260 applies to air carriers (Covered Carriers) accepting financial assistance under Pub. L. No. 117-2.... 3. The Department determines that those points subject to the Service Obligation are those listed in Appendix A, except those that are listed as winter season, having an exemption, or a service cessation since September 30, 2020;... 4. The Department determines that Covered Carriers identified in paragraph 2 must provide minimum levels of service, as described Order 2021-4-2, to those points identified in paragraph 3." Body: Covered Carriers "shall maintain minimum levels of air service on a nationwide basis, with some exceptions, through September 30, 2021." "The Department finds these requests reasonable and will impose the requirements of this Order on Covered Carriers on the 15th day after its issuance."
Enforcement
condition of federal assistance; DOT exemption procedure (Appendix B); 49 U.S.C. § 46301
Notes
Force-of-law federal order in effect July 1 - Sept. 30, 2021 controlling the scheduled air transportation network; Congress re-enacted the authority in March 2021 (ARPA), the same statute that enacted I.R.C. § 3134.