H.R. 8589: Aviation Industry Assistance for Cleaner and Quieter Skies Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-10-13 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-10-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Aviation Industry Assistance for Cleaner and Quieter Skies Act

Plain summary

Aviation Industry Assistance for Cleaner and Quieter Skies Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish an Aviation Industry Assistance for Cleaner and Quieter Skies Voucher Program to provide electronic vouchers to air carriers to offset the purchase or cost of a lease of new fuel-efficient aircraft in exchange for commitments from such air carriers to decommission certain currently-used aircraft and sell the aircraft for recycling of parts or disposal. DOT must register aircraft recycling firms that are eligible to purchase currently-used aircraft and establish requirements and procedures for the recycling of parts or disposal of such aircraft to ensure that such aircraft are taken out of service and not used to develop other aircraft with higher greenhouse gas emissions.

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Official text

Aviation Industry Assistance for Cleaner and Quieter Skies Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] · 8 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr8589.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr8589 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116