; and (B) has not used such alternative compensation, such passenger may request a cash refund to replace the alternative compensation and the covered carrier or ticket agent shall promptly comply with such request. (4) Reimbursement to ticket agent A ticket agent who provides a cash refund to a passenger under this section, including a retroactive refund under paragraph (3), shall be entitled to prompt reimbursement from any covered carrier for the portion of the ticket price paid to that carrier. (b) Funding (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), a covered carrier or ticket agent may use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the commercial airline industry in any appropriations enacted on or after March 1, 2020, in response to COVID–19 to pay for the cash refunds under subsection (a), including retroactive refunds under paragraph (3) of such subsection. (2) Limitation A covered carrier may not use amounts appropriated under section 4112 of the Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020 (title IV of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 )) to pay for the cash refunds under subsection (a), including retroactive refunds under paragraph (3) of such subsection. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Air carrier The term air carrier has the meaning given that term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. (2) Covered carrier The term covered carrier means— (A) any passenger air carrier that had an operating revenue in 2018 that exceeded $1,500,000,000 according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; or (B) any passenger foreign air carrier operating a flight to or from the United States. (3) Covered flight The term covered flight means a flight of a covered carrier that is scheduled to depart from, or arrive at, an airport located in the United States during the COVID–19 emergency period. (4) COVID–19 emergency period The term COVID–19 emergency period means the period— (A) beginning on March 1, 2020