119-hr1536

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1536 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1536

 To allow certain foreign air carriers to stop in Guam or the Northern 
Mariana Islands in the course of transportation of passengers or cargo 
 in either direction between a place in the United States and a place 
 outside the United States, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 24, 2025

 Mr. Moylan (for himself and Ms. King-Hinds) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To allow certain foreign air carriers to stop in Guam or the Northern 
Mariana Islands in the course of transportation of passengers or cargo 
 in either direction between a place in the United States and a place 
 outside the United States, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Pacific Island Flight Alternatives 
Act of 2025'' or ``PIFAA''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) Limited air competition has made flights from Guam to 
 the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands or to Hawaii 
 exceedingly expensive.

    (2) The airports of Antonio B. Won Pat Guam International 
 Airport (IATA: GUM), Francisco C. Ada Saipan International 
 Airport (IATA: SPN), Francisco Manglona Borja Tinian 
 International Airport (IATA: TIQ), and Benjamin Taisacan 
 Manglona Rota International Airport (IATA: ROP) rely on foreign 
 air carriers for travel.

    (3) The nations of Japan, Philippines, and the Republic of 
 Korea have been critical allies for the United States within 
 the Indo-Pacific region.

    (4) The nations of Japan, Philippines, and the Republic of 
 Korea and the air carriers of such nations have been vital in 
 supplementing deficiencies of United States air carriers when 
 flying between the United States and other Pacific Islands.

SEC. 3. AIR COMMERCE IN GUAM AND NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

 

Section 41703 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
 ``

    (f) Air Commerce in Guam and Northern Mariana Islands.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--For purposes of subsection
            (c) , 
 passengers or cargo added to or removed from an authorized 
 Pacific aircraft at a place in Guam or the Northern Mariana 
 Islands in the course of transportation of such passengers or 
 cargo in either direction between a place in the United States 
 and a place outside the United States shall not be deemed to 
 have broken the international journey of such authorized 
 Pacific aircraft.
 ``

    (2) Authorized pacific aircraft.--In this subsection, the 
 term `authorized Pacific aircraft' means an aircraft registered 
 to a foreign air carrier from Japan, Philippines, or the 
 Republic of Korea that holds a permit under 

section 41302.''.
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