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                                                 Union Calendar No. 521
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3632

                          [Report No. 116-636]

To ensure that authorizations issued by the Secretary of Transportation 
to foreign air carriers do not undermine labor rights or standards, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2019

Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Rodney Davis of 
   Illinois, Mr. Ferguson, and Ms. Davids of Kansas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

                            December 9, 2020

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. 
Pappas, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Watson 
Coleman, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Rush, Ms. Norton, 
 Mr. Bacon, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Sires, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Cook, 
Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
 Cartwright, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
Brady, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Peters, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Brownley of California, 
  Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
Pallone, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Curtis, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Brown 
 of Maryland, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Payne, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
   Kinzinger, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Bost, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Allred, Ms. 
 Kaptur, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. 
   Finkenauer, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Vela, Mr. Johnson of 
 Georgia, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Katko, Ms. Craig, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, 
 Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. 
 Lujan, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Welch, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Gallego, Ms. 
 Porter, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Gomez, Mr. 
     Suozzi, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Axne, Mrs. Torres of 
California, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Turner, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Green of Texas, 
Mr. McKinley, Mr. Ruiz, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Kind, Mr. Smith 
 of Washington, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
   Kim, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Costa, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Sean Patrick 
    Maloney of New York, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. 
   Swalwell of California, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Scott of 
Virginia, Mr. Takano, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Engel, Mr. Neal, Mr. Flores, Mr. 
Emmer, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Heck, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Adams, Mr. 
 Courtney, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Wexton, 
 Mr. Burgess, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Foster, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. 
  Gottheimer, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
 Cicilline, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. 
 DelBene, Mr. Olson, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Norman, Mr. 
 Gooden, Mr. Stewart, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle 
  of Pennsylvania, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Bera, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
 Levin of Michigan, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Omar, 
  Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Jeffries, and Mr. 
                          Harder of California

                            December 9, 2020

Deleted sponsor: Mr. Cohen (added August 6, 2019; deleted September 18, 
                                 2019)

                            December 9, 2020

   Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that authorizations issued by the Secretary of Transportation 
to foreign air carriers do not undermine labor rights or standards, and 
                          for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair and Open Skies Act''.

SEC. 2. FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION UNDER UNITED STATES-EUROPEAN UNION 
              AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT.

    The Secretary of Transportation may not issue a permit under 
section 41302 of title 49, United States Code, or an exemption under 
section 40109 of such title, authorizing a person to provide foreign 
air transportation as a foreign air carrier under the United States-
European Union Air Transport Agreement of April 2007 (as amended), 
unless the Secretary--
            (1) finds that issuing the permit or exemption would be 
        consistent with Article 17 bis of the Agreement; and
            (2) imposes on the permit or exemption such conditions as 
        may be necessary to ensure that the person complies with 
        Article 17 bis.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC INTEREST TEST.

    Section 41302(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``under an agreement 
        with the United States Government; or'' and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``the foreign air 
        transportation'' and inserting ``after considering the totality 
        of the circumstances, including the factors set forth in 
        section 40101(a), the foreign air transportation''.

SEC. 4. PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Policy.--Section 40101(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(17) preventing entry into United States markets by flag 
        of convenience carriers.
            ``(18) preventing the undermining of labor standards.''.
    (b) International Air Transportation.--Section 40101(e)(9) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) undermining labor standards.''.
    (c) Flag of Convenience Carrier Defined.--Section 40102(a) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (21) through (47) as 
        paragraphs (22) through (48), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (20) the following:
            ``(21) `flag of convenience carrier' means 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 
        regulations of the home country.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 521

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3632

                          [Report No. 116-636]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To ensure that authorizations issued by the Secretary of Transportation 
to foreign air carriers do not undermine labor rights or standards, and 
                          for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 9, 2020

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed