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On the recordJune 5, 2012
No airline is required to send a nickel to a foreign government treasury under this law if it doesn't want to.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Clarifying that airlines aren't obligated to pay foreign governments under the EU law.

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