Fair and Open Skies Act
Latest action · Dec 9, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 521.
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.
- IntroducedJul 9, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair and Open Skies Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation (DOT) from issuing a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption from certain air carrier certificate requirements under the United States-European Union Air Transport Agreement of April 2007, unless DOT
- finds that issuing the permit or exemption would be consistent with Article 17 bis of the agreement, which provides that opportunities created by the agreement do not undermine labor standards or the labor-related rights and principles contained in the laws of the respective parties to the agreement; and
- imposes conditions on the permit or exemption necessary to ensure compliance with Article 17 bis.
The bill modifies policy considerations relating to air carrier certificates to require DOT to consider preventing entry into U.S. markets by flag of convenience carriers (i.e., foreign air carriers established in a country other the home country of their majority owner in order to avoid regulations of the home country) and preventing the undermining of labor standards.
In carrying out such air carrier certificate requirements, DOT must consider preventing entry of flag of convenience carriers into U.S. markets as being in the public interest and consistent with public convenience and necessity for safety in air transportation and air commerce.
In formulating U.S. international air transportation policy relating to the elimination of discrimination and unfair competition, the Department of State and DOT must include in their considerations the undermining of labor standards.
Cosponsors 156
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 9, 2019 to Jul 9, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Original | Jul 9, 2019 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Jul 9, 2019 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Jul 9, 2019 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Jul 9, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 30, 2019 |
Withdrew 1 Steve Cohen D-TN Sep 18, 2019
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2019Markup Sep 19, 2019Reported Dec 9, 2020 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Jul 10, 2019Discharged Sep 19, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2020Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-636.
- Dec 9, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 521.
- Sep 19, 2019Subcommittee on Aviation Discharged.
- Sep 19, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 19, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 10, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Jul 9, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 9, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 30, 2019H.R. 3632, Fair and Open Skies ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 19, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 114, July 9, 2019, page H5303.
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. 116-35 | A WORK IN PROGRESS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2018159 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Sep 26, 2019 |
| Serial No. 116-28 | STATE OF AVIATION SAFETY121 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jul 17, 2019 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN11158 | Norwegian Air International and LowCost Long-Haul Flights Archived | Insight | Aug 22, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3095 | Fair and Open Skies Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 20, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that authorizations issued by the Secretary of Transportation to foreign air carriers do not undermine labor rights or standards, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fair and Open Skies Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Fair and Open Skies Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2020Reported in House
- Jul 9, 2019Introduced 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.
