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H.R. 2744: Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act

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H.R. 2744: Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act

110th Congress · introduced 2007-06-15 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-06-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 337 (2008): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2744 (2008-05-20), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act

Plain summary

Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 with respect to hours-of-service requirement airline flight crews must meet to be eligible for leave under such Act. Declares that a flight attendant or flight crewmember will be considered to meet such requirement if he or she has worked or been paid for: (1) 60% of the applicable monthly guarantee, or the equivalent annualized over the preceding 12-month period; and (2) a minimum of 504 hours during such period. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide, by regulation, a method for calculating such leave for airline flight crews.

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Official text

Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] · 241 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2744, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act (2008-05-19); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2744, Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act (2008-05-19)

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Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Al Green (D-TX), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and 181 more.

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The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Record fed-us-cong110-hr2744 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110