112 STAT. 2681-591 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (a) ISSUANCE,—The Secretary shall not issue final guidelines in Docket OST-98 -3713 before the date of transmittal to Congress of a report under subsection (2). (b) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.— If the Secretary issues final guidelines in Docket OST-98 -3713, the Secretary shall transmit the guidelines to Congress. (c) IMPACT OF GUIDELINES. —I f, as a result of the study conducted under subsection (2), the Secretary decides to issue final guidelines in Docket OST-98 -3713 that are different from the guidelines originally proposed, the Secretary shall, as part of the transmittal under paragraph (b), include information that documents and quantifies the impact of the guidelines on the following: (i) Scheduled service to small- and medium-sized communities. (ii) Airfares, including the availability of senior citizen, Internet, and standby discounts on routes covered by the guidelines. (iii) The incentive and ability of major air carriers to offer low airfares. (iv) The incentive of new entrant air carriers to offer low airfares. (v) The ability of air carriers to offer inclusive leisure travel for which airfares are not separately advertised. (vi) Members of frequent flyer programs. (vii) The ability of air carriers to carry nonorigination and destination traffic on the portion of routes that are served by new entrant air carriers covered by the guidelines. (viii) Airline employees. (4) CONSULTATION.— In conducting the study under section (2), the Secretary shall consult with the Attorney General, major air carriers, new entrant air carriers, airport and community leaders, academic and economic experts, and airline employees and passengers. (5) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The guidelines adopted in Docket OST-98-3713, or any similar guidelines, shall not become effective before the last day of the 12-week period beginning on the date of transmittal to Congress of final guidelines in Docket OST-98-3713, except that a week shall not count toward such 12-week period unless the House of Representatives is in session for legislative business at least 1 day during the week. SEC. 111. STEEL IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES, (a) FIND- INGS. — Congress makes the following findings: (1) The current financial crises in Asia, the independent States of the former Soviet Union (as defined in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act), Russia, and other areas of the world, involve significant depreciation in the currencies of several key steel-producing and steel-consuming countries, along with a collapse in the domestic demand for steel in the countries. (2) The crises have generated and will continue to generate increases in United States imports of steel, both from the countries whose currencies have been depreciated and from other Asian steel-producing countries that are no longer able
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