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[H.R. 3095 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 470
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3095
[Report No. 117-651]
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 11, 2021
Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Davids of
Kansas, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr.
Ferguson, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Bergman, and Mr. Johnson of Ohio) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
December 20, 2022
Additional sponsors: Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Bost, Mr.
Fitzpatrick, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Chu, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Wilson of
Florida, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Welch, Mr.
Sherman, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Pappas, Mr.
Kilmer, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Van Drew, Mr.
Ruppersberger, Mr. Reschenthaler, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Barragan,
Mr. Huffman, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Peters, Mr. Thompson of
California, Mr. Payne, Mr. Kind, Mr. Hern, Mr. Crow, Ms. Wild, Mr.
Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Sanchez, Mr.
Lowenthal, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Norcross, Mr.
McGovern, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Mrvan, Mr.
Pascrell, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Axne, Mr.
Kinzinger, Mr. Sires, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Cardenas, Mr.
Malinowski, Ms. Ross, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Blunt Rochester,
Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Allen, Mr. Courtney, Mr.
Turner, Mr. Allred, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Higgins of New York,
Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Schrader,
Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene,
Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Katko, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Zeldin,
Mr. Foster, Mr. Carson, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Neal,
Ms. Meng, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Miller-
Meeks, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Brady, Mrs. Luria, Mr.
Kildee, Ms. Kuster, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Garbarino, Mr.
Levin of Michigan, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Malliotakis,
Mr. Takano, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Case, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr.
Jeffries, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of
Massachusetts, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mrs.
Hartzler, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Costa,
Ms. Porter, Mr. Delgado, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr.
Vargas, Mr. Brooks, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Castor of Florida,
Ms. Schrier, Ms. Craig, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Stanton, Ms.
Williams of Georgia, Ms. Manning, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Dean, Mr. Soto, Mr.
Casten, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Espaillat, and
Ms. Brown of Ohio
December 20, 2022
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure;
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fair and Open Skies Act''.
SEC. 2. FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION UNDER UNITED STATES-EUROPEAN UNION
AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT.
The Secretary of Transportation may not issue a permit under
section 41302 of title 49, United States Code, or an exemption under
section 40109 of such title, authorizing a person to provide foreign
air transportation as a foreign air carrier under the United States-
European Union Air Transport Agreement of April 2007 (as amended),
unless the Secretary--
(1) finds that issuing the permit or exemption would be
consistent with Article 17 bis of the Agreement; and
(2) imposes on the permit or exemption such conditions as
may be necessary to ensure that the person complies with
Article 17 bis.
SEC. 3. PUBLIC INTEREST TEST.
Section 41302(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``under an agreement
with the United States Government; or'' and inserting ``;
and''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``the foreign air
transportation'' and inserting ``after considering the totality
of the circumstances, including the factors set forth in
section 40101(a), the foreign air transportation''.
SEC. 4. PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Policy.--Section 40101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(17) preventing entry into United States markets by flag
of convenience carriers.
``(18) preventing the undermining of labor standards.''.
(b) International Air Transportation.--Section 40101(e)(9) of title
49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(F) undermining labor standards.''.
(c) Flag of Convenience Carrier Defined.--Section 40102(a) of title
49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (21) through (47) as
paragraphs (22) through (48), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (20) the following:
``(21) `flag of convenience carrier' means a foreign air
carrier that is established in a country other than the home
country of its majority owner or owners in order to avoid
regulations of the home country.''.
Union Calendar No. 470
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3095
[Report No. 117-651]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
December 20, 2022
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed