Transportation of certain domestic animals by foreign air carriers

Section 40118 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (d) through (h), respectively; (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): (c) Transportation of certain domestic animals by foreign air carriers (1) In general This section does not preclude the transportation of a passenger and the property of such passenger by a foreign air carrier if— (A) such passenger is a member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense; (B) such property includes at least 1 and not more than 3 domestic animals traveling with such passenger; (C) such transportation is— (i) between a place in the United States and a place outside the United States; or (ii) between 2 places outside the United States; and (D) no air carrier holding a certificate under section 41102 is willing and able to provide such transportation. (2) Responsibility of individual to cover certain costs If the cost for the transportation of a passenger and property under paragraph (1) exceeds the cost that would have been owed had such transportation been provided by an air carrier holding a certificate under section 41102, the passenger shall be responsible for paying the difference between such amounts. (3) Domestic animal defined In this section, the term domestic animal means a domestic cat (Felis catus) or a domestic dog (Canis familiaris).; and (3) in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking subsections (a) and (c) and inserting subsections (a) and (d).