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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. 

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. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 

Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. LUJA ́N, 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. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. AXNE, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 


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MCKINLEY, Mr. RUIZ, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. KIND, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, 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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair and Open Skies 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION UNDER UNITED 

7 STATES-EUROPEAN UNION AIR TRANSPORT 

8 AGREEMENT. 

9 The Secretary of Transportation may not issue a per10 mit under section 41302 of title 49, United States Code, 

11 or an exemption under section 40109 of such title, author12 izing a person to provide foreign air transportation as a 

13 foreign air carrier under the United States-European 

14 Union Air Transport Agreement of April 2007 (as amend15 ed), unless the Secretary— 

16 (1) finds that issuing the permit or exemption 

17 would be consistent with Article 17 bis of the Agree18 ment; and 

19 (2) imposes on the permit or exemption such 

20 conditions as may be necessary to ensure that the 

21 person complies with Article 17 bis. 

22 SEC. 3. PUBLIC INTEREST TEST. 

23 Section 41302(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 

24 amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘under an 

2 agreement with the United States Government; or’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

4 (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘the for5 eign air transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘after consid6 ering the totality of the circumstances, including the 

7 factors set forth in section 40101(a), the foreign air 

8 transportation’’. 

9 SEC. 4. PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIREMENTS. 

10 (a) POLICY.—Section 40101(a) of title 49, United 

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(17) preventing entry into United States mar14 kets by flag of convenience carriers. 

15 ‘‘(18) preventing the undermining of labor 

16 standards.’’. 

17 (b) INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION.—Sec18 tion 40101(e)(9) of title 49, United States Code, is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

21 the end; 

22 (2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period 

23 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(F) undermining labor standards.’’. 


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1 (c) FLAG OF CONVENIENCE CARRIER DEFINED.— 

2 Section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (21) through 

5 (47) as paragraphs (22) through (48), respectively; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (20) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(21) ‘flag of convenience carrier’ means a for10 eign air carrier that is established in a country other 

11 than the home country of its majority owner or own12 ers in order to avoid regulations of the home coun13 try.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 521 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3632 

[Report No. 116–636] 

A BILL 

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

DECEMBER 9, 2020 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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