H.R. 4928: RESPECT Act
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H.R. 4928: RESPECT Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-08-03 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-08-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
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 by an airline, an airport, a flight procedure proponent, an Aviation Roundtable, or anyone not employed by the FAA, 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.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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A “Nay” vote
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 13 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
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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
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr4928.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr4928 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117