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          HRES 67 IH
          105th CONGRESS
          1st Session
          H. RES. 67
          To express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning
          actions that the President of the United States should take to
          resolve the dispute between the Allied Pilots Association and
          American Airlines.
                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                    February 13, 1997
          Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. DELAY, Mr. SAM
              JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr.
              SESSIONS, and Mr. BRADY) submitted the following resolution;
              which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
              Infrastructure
                                       RESOLUTION
          To express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning
          actions that the President of the United States should take to
          resolve the dispute between the Allied Pilots Association and
          American Airlines.
          Whereas a strike by the Allied Pilots Association, the union of the
          pilots of American Airlines, could lead to a severe disruption in
          air service;
          Whereas such a strike could result in the loss of employment by 
          tens of thousands of individuals in the United States;
          Whereas such a strike would affect approximately 20 percent of the
          domestic airline traffic in the United States;
          Whereas such a strike would cause more than 75,000 American 
          Airlines employees to be idle;
          Whereas such a strike would  affect--
            (1) the livelihood of thousands of other workers employed in
          airline and airport supply industries; and
            (2) commerce relating to tourism, logistics, and business
          requiring travel;
          Whereas such a strike would cause substantial adverse economic
          effects in communities of the United States;
          Whereas such a strike could jeopardize the largest order made in
          history for the production of civilian aircraft; and
          Whereas because  1/4  of the air traffic of American Airlines is in
          foreign air commerce (as that term is defined in section 40102 of
          title 49, United States Code), a strike would have an adverse 
          effect with respect to--
            (1) the expansion of the market of United States goods and
          services in foreign countries; and
            (2) the trading partners of the United States: Now, therefore, be
          it
           Resolved,   That it is the sense of the
          House of Representatives that--
                (1) the President should monitor the National Mediation
              Board's attempt to facilitate a resolution of the labor dispute
              between the Allied Pilots Association and AMR, the parent
              company of American Airlines; and
                (2) the President should--
                    (A) encourage--
                        (i) the settlement of the issues that are the subject
                      of the labor dispute through the use of the services of
                      the National Mediation Board established under section 
                      4 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 154) before
                      midnight on February 15, 1997 (which is the date
                      specified by the Allied Pilots Association as the
                      deadline for averting a strike); or
                        (ii) the achievement, by the date specified in clause
                      (i), of an agreement by the parties to the dispute to
                      arbitrate the issues that are the subject of the labor
                      dispute through the National Mediation Board; and
                    (B) if recommended by the National Mediation Board,
                  promptly establish a board under section 10 of the Railway
                  Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160) to serve as an emergency board to
                  investigate the matter relating to the labor dispute and to
                  make a report to the President in the manner prescribed in
                  that section.