Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act
Latest action · May 21, 2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 15, 2007
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 with respect to hours-of-service requirement airline flight crews must meet to be eligible for leave under such Act.
Declares that a flight attendant or flight crewmember will be considered to meet such requirement if he or she has worked or been paid for: (1) 60% of the applicable monthly guarantee, or the equivalent annualized over the preceding 12-month period; and (2) a minimum of 504 hours during such period.
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide, by regulation, a method for calculating such leave for airline flight crews.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 337 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed402–9 | May 20, 2008 |
Cosponsors 241
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 15, 2007 to May 14, 2008; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jun 15, 2007 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 15, 2007Discharged Oct 30, 2007Markup May 14, 2008 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Jul 24, 2007Discharged Jul 24, 2007 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 15, 2007Discharged Oct 30, 2007 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jun 15, 2007Discharged Oct 30, 2007 |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 21, 2008 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- May 20, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4282)
- May 20, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 9 (Roll no. 337). (text: CR 05/19/2008 H4096)
- May 20, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 19, 2008Mr. Bishop (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 19, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4096-4098)
- May 19, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2744.
- May 19, 2008At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- May 14, 2008Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 14, 2008Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
- Oct 30, 2007Mr. Yarmuth asked unanimous consent that the Committees on Education & Labor, House Administration and Oversight & Government Reform be discharged from further consideration of the bill H.R. 2744, and that the bill be rereferred to the Committee on Education & Labor.
- Oct 30, 2007Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
- Oct 30, 2007Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
- Oct 30, 2007Committee on House Administration discharged.
- Jul 24, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jul 24, 2007Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Discharged.
- Jun 15, 2007Introduced in House
- Jun 15, 2007Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1033 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY | May 22, 2008 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1007 | Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA | May 21, 2008 |
| House | Recorded votes H4282enact | — | May 20, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4096–H4098Text printed H4096 | George Miller D-CA, Judy Biggert R-IL, Timothy H. Bishop D-NY | May 19, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H12195 | John A. Yarmuth D-KY | Oct 30, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 19, 2008H.R. 2744, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on May 14, 2008</p>
- May 19, 2008H.R. 2744, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on May 14, 2008
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-94 | FAMILY-FRIENDLY LEAVE POLICIES: IMPROVING HOW WORKERS BALANCE HOME AND FAMILY30 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jun 9, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-86 | THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT: ACHIEVEMENTS AND NEXT STEPS80 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Apr 10, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2059 | Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act | Related bill | Sep 18, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight crews.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2008Referred in Senate
- May 20, 2008Engrossed in House
- Jun 15, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
