HR 1297 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Air America Act of 2021

Introduced Feb 24, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Glenn Grothman R-WI

Latest action · May 25, 2021 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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.

IntroducedFeb 24, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Air America Act of 2021

This bill establishes the service of Air America employees as qualifying service for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System. (Air America was a government-owned airline that provided air transport for certain covert operations in Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam, between 1950 and 1976.)

The bill applies to U.S. citizens who were employees of Air America or another affiliated company, as specified, between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1976. Benefit applications must be filed within two years of the date of enactment of this bill.

Cosponsors 230

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 24, 2021 to Jul 13, 2022; 52 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-NJ	Andy Kim	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-FL	Brian J. Mast	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-FL	Charlie Crist	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-PA	Fred Keller	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-FL	Matt Gaetz	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-FL	Michael Waltz	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-MI	Peter Meijer	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Feb 24, 2021
D-TX	Veronica Escobar	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Feb 24, 2021
R-IN	James R. Baird		Feb 25, 2021
R-IL	Mike Bost		Feb 25, 2021
R-TX	Tony Gonzales		Feb 25, 2021
D-IL	Bill Foster		Mar 1, 2021
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		Mar 2, 2021
R-TX	Pat Fallon		Mar 2, 2021
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Mar 8, 2021
D-IN	André Carson		Mar 16, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow		Mar 16, 2021
R-SC	Nancy Mace		Mar 16, 2021
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Mar 18, 2021
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Mar 26, 2021
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Mar 26, 2021
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Mar 26, 2021
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Mar 26, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Mar 26, 2021
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Mar 26, 2021
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen		Apr 5, 2021
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Apr 5, 2021
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Apr 5, 2021
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks		Apr 5, 2021
R-AL	Barry Moore		Apr 12, 2021
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn		Apr 12, 2021
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Apr 12, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Apr 12, 2021
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Apr 15, 2021
R-OK	Tom Cole		Apr 15, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano		Apr 16, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Apr 19, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Apr 22, 2021
R-KS	Tracey Mann		Apr 22, 2021
D-MI	Andy Levin		Apr 26, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Apr 26, 2021
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Apr 30, 2021
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		May 4, 2021
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		May 4, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		May 7, 2021
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		May 7, 2021
R-NY	John Katko		May 11, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		May 11, 2021
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		May 11, 2021
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		May 13, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		May 13, 2021
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		May 14, 2021
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		May 18, 2021
D-FL	Lois Frankel		May 18, 2021
R-NE	Don Bacon		May 21, 2021
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls		May 21, 2021
R-GA	Austin Scott		May 25, 2021
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		May 25, 2021
R-GA	Andrew S. Clyde		May 28, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		May 28, 2021
R-CA	Darrell Issa		May 28, 2021
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		May 28, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		May 28, 2021
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		May 28, 2021
D-CA	John Garamendi		May 28, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass		May 28, 2021
R-WY	Liz Cheney		May 28, 2021
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		May 28, 2021
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		May 28, 2021
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		May 28, 2021
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		May 28, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		May 28, 2021
R-NM	Yvette Herrell		May 28, 2021
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jun 14, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Jun 14, 2021
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jun 14, 2021
R-CA	Young Kim		Jun 14, 2021
R-WI	Bryan Steil		Jun 16, 2021
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Jun 17, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Jun 23, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jun 28, 2021
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 1, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Jul 9, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Jul 9, 2021
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Jul 13, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jul 21, 2021
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Jul 22, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 26, 2021
D-NV	Susie Lee		Jul 26, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Jul 28, 2021
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Jul 28, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Aug 6, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price		Aug 13, 2021
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Aug 13, 2021
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Aug 24, 2021
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Aug 31, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin		Aug 31, 2021
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Sep 3, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Sep 10, 2021
D-GU	Michael F. Q. San Nicolas		Sep 10, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Sep 17, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Sep 17, 2021
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Sep 20, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Sep 20, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Sep 22, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Sep 22, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Sep 23, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Sep 27, 2021
R-NC	Ted Budd		Sep 27, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Sep 28, 2021
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Sep 28, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto		Sep 30, 2021
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Oct 12, 2021
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Oct 12, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Oct 15, 2021
R-IA	Randy Feenstra		Oct 15, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Oct 21, 2021
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Oct 21, 2021
R-FL	Carlos A. Gimenez		Oct 26, 2021
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Oct 26, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Oct 26, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Oct 26, 2021
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Oct 26, 2021
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Nov 1, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson		Nov 1, 2021
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Nov 1, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Nov 4, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Nov 4, 2021
R-MI	Fred Upton		Nov 5, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu		Nov 5, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Nov 5, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig		Nov 16, 2021
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Nov 16, 2021
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Nov 18, 2021
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Nov 18, 2021
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Dec 8, 2021
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Dec 9, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Dec 20, 2021
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Jan 3, 2022
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jan 10, 2022
R-OH	Mike Carey		Jan 10, 2022
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jan 10, 2022
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jan 12, 2022
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Jan 21, 2022
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Jan 28, 2022
R-TX	Jake Ellzey		Jan 28, 2022
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jan 28, 2022
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jan 28, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Jan 28, 2022
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Feb 2, 2022
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Feb 2, 2022
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Feb 7, 2022
D-IL	Sean Casten		Feb 8, 2022
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Feb 9, 2022
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Feb 9, 2022
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Feb 15, 2022
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Feb 15, 2022
D-IL	Marie Newman		Feb 15, 2022
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Feb 18, 2022
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Feb 18, 2022
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Feb 22, 2022
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Feb 22, 2022
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Feb 22, 2022
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl		Feb 28, 2022
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Feb 28, 2022
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Feb 28, 2022
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Mar 8, 2022
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Mar 15, 2022
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Mar 15, 2022
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Mar 17, 2022
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Mar 21, 2022
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Mar 21, 2022
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick		Mar 28, 2022
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Mar 30, 2022
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 5, 2022
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Apr 5, 2022
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Apr 21, 2022
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Apr 26, 2022
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Apr 28, 2022
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		May 3, 2022
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		May 11, 2022
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Jun 7, 2022
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jun 7, 2022
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jun 14, 2022
D-NY	Mondaire Jones		Jul 11, 2022
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		Jul 13, 2022

Withdrew 5 Chris Stewart R-UT Oct 20, 2021·Eric A. "Rick" Crawford R-AR Oct 20, 2021·Trent Kelly R-MS Oct 20, 2021·Mike Gallagher R-WI Apr 6, 2022·Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA Apr 7, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Feb 24, 2021Markup May 25, 2021

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 25, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 25, 2021Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Feb 24, 2021Introduced in House
Feb 24, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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 estimate

Sep 24, 2021H.R. 1297, Air America Act of 2021As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on May 25, 2021

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 35, February 24, 2021, page H617.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 407	Air America Act of 2022	Identical bill	Jun 15, 2022
S 2610	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022	Related bill	Aug 10, 2021
HR 8801	Air America Act of 2020	Reintroduction of	Dec 4, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide redress to the employees of Air America.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Air America Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 24, 2021Introduced in House

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