HR 3632 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Fair and Open Skies Act

Introduced Jul 9, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Peter A. DeFazio D-OR

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
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 30, 2019
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jul 30, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 30, 2019
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jul 30, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jul 30, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jul 30, 2019
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Jul 30, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi		Jul 30, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jul 30, 2019
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jul 30, 2019
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Jul 30, 2019
D-CA	Mike Levin		Jul 30, 2019
R-CA	Paul Cook		Jul 30, 2019
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jul 30, 2019
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jul 30, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 30, 2019
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Aug 6, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Aug 6, 2019
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Sep 16, 2019
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Sep 16, 2019
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Sep 16, 2019
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Sep 16, 2019
R-UT	John R. Curtis		Sep 16, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 16, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Sep 16, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Sep 16, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Sep 16, 2019
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Sep 16, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Sep 16, 2019
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Sep 17, 2019
D-IN	André Carson		Sep 17, 2019
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Sep 17, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Sep 17, 2019
R-IL	Mike Bost		Sep 17, 2019
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Sep 18, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Sep 18, 2019
D-MN	Angie Craig		Sep 18, 2019
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Sep 18, 2019
D-GA	David Scott		Sep 18, 2019
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Sep 18, 2019
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Sep 18, 2019
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Sep 18, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Sep 18, 2019
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Sep 18, 2019
R-NY	John Katko		Sep 18, 2019
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Sep 18, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 18, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose		Sep 18, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Sep 18, 2019
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Sep 26, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Sep 26, 2019
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Sep 26, 2019
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Sep 26, 2019
R-MI	Jack Bergman		Sep 26, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Sep 26, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Sep 26, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Sep 26, 2019
D-CA	Katie Porter		Sep 26, 2019
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Sep 26, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Sep 26, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch		Sep 26, 2019
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Sep 26, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Sep 26, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Sep 26, 2019
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Sep 26, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Sep 26, 2019
D-TX	Al Green		Oct 16, 2019
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Oct 16, 2019
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Oct 16, 2019
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Oct 16, 2019
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Oct 16, 2019
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Oct 18, 2019
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Oct 18, 2019
D-WA	Adam Smith		Oct 23, 2019
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Oct 23, 2019
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Oct 23, 2019
D-WI	Ron Kind		Oct 23, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Nov 19, 2019
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Nov 19, 2019
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Nov 19, 2019
D-IA	David Loebsack		Nov 19, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Nov 19, 2019
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Nov 19, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Nov 19, 2019
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Nov 19, 2019
D-CA	Jim Costa		Nov 19, 2019
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Nov 19, 2019
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Nov 19, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano		Nov 19, 2019
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Nov 19, 2019
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Nov 19, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Nov 19, 2019
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Nov 19, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Nov 19, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Nov 20, 2019
R-TX	Bill Flores		Nov 22, 2019
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Nov 22, 2019
D-WA	Denny Heck		Dec 5, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Dec 5, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Dec 5, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Dec 5, 2019
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Dec 5, 2019
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Dec 17, 2019
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Dec 17, 2019
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Dec 17, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Dec 17, 2019
R-IN	Trey Hollingsworth		Dec 17, 2019
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Dec 17, 2019
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Dec 19, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Dec 19, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster		Jan 24, 2020
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jan 24, 2020
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jan 24, 2020
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jan 24, 2020
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Jan 24, 2020
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jan 24, 2020
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Jan 24, 2020
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Jan 28, 2020
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Feb 12, 2020
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Feb 12, 2020
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Feb 12, 2020
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Feb 12, 2020
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Feb 12, 2020
R-TX	Pete Olson		Feb 12, 2020
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Feb 12, 2020
R-KS	Roger Marshall		Feb 12, 2020
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Feb 12, 2020
D-CA	Ami Bera		Mar 9, 2020
D-MI	Andy Levin		Mar 9, 2020
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Mar 9, 2020
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Mar 9, 2020
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Mar 9, 2020
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Mar 9, 2020
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Mar 9, 2020
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Mar 9, 2020
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Mar 9, 2020
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Mar 9, 2020
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Mar 9, 2020
R-KS	Steve Watkins		Mar 9, 2020
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Mar 9, 2020
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jul 9, 2020

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.

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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

H. Rept. 116-636

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.

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

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