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H.R. 3632: Fair and Open Skies Act

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H.R. 3632: Fair and Open Skies Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-09 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 521.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-09 · 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: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 521. 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

Fair and Open Skies Act

Plain summary

Fair and Open Skies Act This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation (DOT) from issuing a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption from certain air carrier certificate requirements under the United States-European Union Air Transport Agreement of April 2007, unless DOT finds that issuing the permit or exemption would be consistent with Article 17 bis of the agreement, which provides 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 compliance with Article 17 bis . The bill modifies policy considerations relating to air carrier certificates to require DOT to consider preventing entry into U.S. markets by flag of convenience carriers (i.e., foreign air carriers established in a country other the home country of their majority owner in order to avoid regulations of the home country) and preventing the undermining of labor standards. In carrying out such air carrier certificate requirements, DOT must 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 relating to the elimination of discrimination and unfair competition, the Department of State and DOT must include in their considerations the undermining of labor standards.

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Official text

Fair and Open Skies Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 157 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3632, Fair and Open Skies Act (2019-10-30)

Cosponsors on this site

Rick Larsen (D-WA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Don Bacon (R-NE), Mike Levin (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Diana DeGette (D-CO), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Judy Chu (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) and 97 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-cong116-hr3632 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116