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H.R. 5105: RESPECT Act

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H.R. 5105: RESPECT Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-11-14 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-11-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

RESPECT Act

Plain summary

Responsive Employees Support Productive Educated Congressional Talk Act or the RESPECT Act This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to respond in writing within 90 days to requests for data and information from Congress. Specifically, the FAA must respond if the data is within the control of the FAA; and the data would be otherwise appropriate to provide if requested (1) by an airline, an airport, a flight procedure proponent, an Aviation Roundtable, or anyone not employed by the FAA; or (2) via a Freedom of Information request from any individual or any entity. The FAA must also provide staff at a private or public meeting with a Member of Congress if certain conditions are met.

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What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 16 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Ed Case (D-HI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Adam Smith (D-WA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Maxine Waters (D-CA)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr5105 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116