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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; com-
mitted 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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 per-
mit under section 41302 of title 49, United States Code, 
or an exemption under section 40109 of such title, author-
izing 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 amend-
ed), unless the Secretary— 
(1) finds that issuing the permit or exemption 
would be consistent with Article 17 bis of the Agree-
ment; 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— 
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(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 for-
eign air transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘after consid-
ering 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(17) preventing entry into United States mar-
kets by flag of convenience carriers. 
‘‘(18) preventing the undermining of labor 
standards.’’. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION.—Sec-
tion 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.’’. 
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(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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(21) ‘flag of convenience carrier’ means a for-
eign air carrier that is established in a country other 
than the home country of its majority owner or own-
ers in order to avoid regulations of the home coun-
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 Sec-
retary 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 
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