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H.R. 2150: Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act

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H.R. 2150: Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-26 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. 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

Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act

Plain summary

Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act This bill bars the Department of Transportation (DOT) from issuing a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption from certain air carrier certificate requirements to a person to provide foreign air transportation under the United States-European Union Air Transport Agreement of April, 2007, in a proceeding in which the applicability of Article 17 bis of such Agreement has been raised by an interested person, unless DOT: finds that issuing the permit or exemption would be consistent with the intent set forth in Article 17 bis of the agreement, 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 that the person complies with the intent of Article 17 bis . In carrying out such air carrier certificate requirements, DOT shall 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, the Department of State and DOT shall develop a negotiating policy emphasizing the greatest degree of competition for a well-functioning air transportation system that eliminates specified discriminatory and unfair competitive practices faced by U.S. airlines in foreign air transportation, to include erosion of labor standards associated with flag of convenience carriers. A "flag of convenience carrier" is defined as 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 the home country's regulations.

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Official text

Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 137 cosponsors

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Rick Larsen (D-WA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), André Carson (D-IN), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA) and 77 more.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
Rulemaking
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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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2150 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115