United States 117th Congress Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

S 407 — Air America Act of 2022

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Plain-language change summary

The changes to S 407 primarily involve the removal of extensive introductory content, including the title “Air America Act of 2021” and specific findings about Air America, Incorporated. This streamlining results in a cleaner presentation of the bill's contents, focusing more directly on the substantive provisions that follow. The practical effect of this amendment is to eliminate potentially lengthy explanations and background information from the text, which may enhance clarity for readers.

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407 Reported in Senate (RS)] <DOC> Calendar No.
407 Engrossed in Senate (ES)] <DOC> 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
370 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
407 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To provide redress to the employees of Air America.
407 [Report No.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1.
117-113] To provide redress to the employees of Air America.
_______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 24, 2021 Mr.
Rubio (for himself, Mr.
Warner, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mrs.
Shaheen, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mrs.
Murray, Mr.
Cornyn, Ms.
Rosen, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr.
Braun, Mr.
Menendez, Mr.
Cardin, Mr.
Rounds, Mr.
Casey, Mr.
Van Hollen, Mr.
Schumer, Ms.
Smith, Mr.
Booker, Ms.
Hirono, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr.
Hawley, Ms.
Sinema, Mr.
Manchin, Mr.
Durbin, Ms.
Cortez Masto, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr.
Tester, Mr.
Cotton, Mr.
Padilla, Ms.
Hassan, Mr.
Kelly, Ms.
Duckworth, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Mr.
Daines) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs May 19 (legislative day, May 17), 2022 Reported by Mr.
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Peters, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide redress to the employees of Air America.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <DELETED>SECTION 1.
SHORT TITLE.</DELETED> <DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Air America Act of 2021''.</DELETED> <DELETED>SEC.
2.
AIR AMERICA.</DELETED> <DELETED> (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) Air America, Incorporated (referred to in this section as ``Air America'') and its related cover corporate entities were wholly owned and controlled by the United States Government and directed and managed by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Central Intelligence Agency from 1950 to 1976.</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) Air America, a corporation owned by the Government of the United States, constituted a ``Government corporation'', as defined in section 103 of title 5, United States Code.</DELETED> <DELETED> (3) It is established that the employees of Air America and the other entities described in paragraph (1) were Federal employees.</DELETED> <DELETED> (4) The employees of Air America were retroactively excluded from the definition of the term ``employee'' under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, on the basis of an administrative policy change in paperwork requirements implemented by the Office of Personnel Management years after the service of the employees had ended and, by extension, were retroactively excluded from the definition of the term ``employee'' under section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, for retirement credit purposes.</DELETED> <DELETED> (5) The employees of Air America were paid as Federal employees, with salaries subject to--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) the General Schedule under subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) the rates of basic pay payable to members of the Armed Forces.</DELETED> <DELETED> (6) The service and sacrifice of the employees of Air America included--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) suffering a high rate of casualties in the course of employment;</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) saving thousands of lives in search and rescue missions for downed United States airmen and allied refugee evacuations;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (C) lengthy periods of service in challenging circumstances abroad.</DELETED> <DELETED> (b) Definitions.--In this section--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) the term ``affiliated company'', with respect to Air America, includes Air Asia Company Limited, CAT Incorporated, Civil Air Transport Company Limited, and the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) the term ``qualifying service'' means service that--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) was performed by a United States citizen as an employee of Air America or an affiliated company during the period beginning on January 1, 1950, and ending on December 31, 1976;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) is documented in the attorney- certified corporate records of Air America or any affiliated company.</DELETED> <DELETED> (c) Treatment as Federal Employment.--Any period of qualifying service--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) is deemed to have been service of an employee (as defined in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code) with the Federal Government;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) shall be treated as creditable service by an employee for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code.</DELETED> <DELETED> (d) Rights.--An individual who performed qualifying service, or a survivor of such an individual, shall be entitled to the rights, retroactive as applicable, provided to employees and their survivors for creditable service under the Civil Service Retirement System under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to that qualifying service.</DELETED> <DELETED> (e) Deduction, Contribution, and Deposit Requirements.-- The deposit of funds in the Treasury of the United States made by Air America in the form of a lump-sum payment apportioned in part to the Civil Service Disability & Retirement Fund in 1976 is deemed to satisfy the deduction, contribution, and deposit requirements under section of title 5, United States Code, with respect to all periods of qualifying service.</DELETED> <DELETED> (f) Application Time Limit.--Section 8345(i)(2) of title 5, United States Code, shall be applied with respect to the death of an individual who performed qualifying service by substituting ``2 years after the effective date under section 2(g) of the Air America Act of 2021'' for ``30 years after the death or other event which gives rise to title to the benefit''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</DELETED> SECTION 1.
Calendar No.
Passed the Senate June 14, 2022.
370 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
Attest:
407 [Report No.
Secretary.
117-113] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide redress to the employees of Air America.
117th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
_______________________________________________________________________ May 19 (legislative day, May 17), 2022 Reported with an amendment
407 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To provide redress to the employees of Air America.
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Action History

  1. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  2. Received in the House.

  3. Held at the desk.

  4. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2936; text: CR S2936)

  5. Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2936; text: CR S2936)

  6. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-113.

  7. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-113.

  8. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.

  9. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  10. Introduced in Senate

  11. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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S 407 is sponsored by Rubio, Marco (Republican).
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