Good Jobs for Good Airports Act
Latest action · Jun 17, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
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 16, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Good Jobs for Good Airports Act
This bill addresses pay, benefits, and labor standards for certain airport service workers. Airport service workers include security officers, food service workers, cleaning staff, ticketing agents, and retail service workers.
Specifically, the bill establishes a minimum wage and benefit standard for such airport service workers at large, medium, and small hub airports. It also prohibits small, medium, and large hub airports from accessing federal funds for airport development projects unless the airports certify that such airport service workers are paid no less than the higher of $15 per hour, the applicable state or local minimum wage and fringe benefits, or the prevailing wage and fringe benefits required under the Service Contract Act as established by the Department of Labor.
Cosponsors 90
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 16, 2022 to Dec 12, 2022; 38 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Jun 16, 2022 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Jul 13, 2022 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 19, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 29, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jul 29, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Aug 2, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Aug 5, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Sep 19, 2022 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Sep 19, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 20, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Sep 20, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Oct 7, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 14, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Oct 14, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Oct 14, 2022 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Oct 14, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 14, 2022 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Oct 21, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Oct 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Oct 28, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Nov 3, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Nov 3, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Nov 3, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Nov 3, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Nov 10, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Nov 22, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 5, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Dec 6, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Dec 12, 2022 |
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 Jun 16, 2022 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Jun 17, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 17, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Jun 16, 2022Introduced in House
- Jun 16, 2022Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 103, June 16, 2022, page H5646.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1499 | Good Jobs for Good Airports Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 10, 2023 |
| S 4419 | Good Jobs for Good Airports Act | Related bill | Jun 16, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require small, medium, and large hub airports to certify that airport service workers are paid the prevailing wage and provided fringe benefits, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Good Jobs for Good Airports Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2022Introduced in House
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