Fair and Open Skies Act

IB Union Calendar No. 470 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3095 [Report No. 117–651] 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 MAY 11, 2021 Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. DAVIDS of Kan- sas, Mr. LAMB, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FER- GUSON, Mr. BACON, Mr. BERGMAN, and Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans- portation and Infrastructure DECEMBER 20, 2022 Additional sponsors: Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BOST, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. CHU, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. EMMER, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. KILMER, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. PAL- LONE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KIND, Mr. HERN, Mr. CROW, Ms. WILD, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. CART- WRIGHT, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. NADLER, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. ROSS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. TURNER, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. POCAN, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. SCHRADER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Dec 20, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3095.RH H3095 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3095 RH KATKO, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. CARSON, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. NEAL, Ms. MENG, Mr. FOR- TENBERRY, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. BRADY, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. KIL- DEE, Ms. KUSTER, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. CASE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mrs. HARTZLER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. COSTA, Ms. PORTER, Mr. DELGADO, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. CRAIG, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. STANTON, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. MANNING, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. DEAN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. ESPAILLAT, and Ms. BROWN of Ohio DECEMBER 20, 2022 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Dec 20, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3095.RH H3095 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3095 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair and Open Skies 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION UNDER UNITED 6 STATES-EUROPEAN UNION AIR TRANSPORT 7 AGREEMENT. 8 The Secretary of Transportation may not issue a per- 9 mit under section 41302 of title 49, United States Code, 10 or an exemption under section 40109 of such title, author- 11 izing a person to provide foreign air transportation as a 12 foreign air carrier under the United States-European 13 Union Air Transport Agreement of April 2007 (as amend- 14 ed), unless the Secretary— 15 (1) finds that issuing the permit or exemption 16 would be consistent with Article 17 bis of the Agree- 17 ment; and 18 (2) imposes on the permit or exemption such 19 conditions as may be necessary to ensure that the 20 person complies with Article 17 bis. 21 SEC. 3. PUBLIC INTEREST TEST. 22 Section 41302(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 23 amended— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Dec 20, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3095.RH H3095 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3095 RH (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘under an 1 agreement with the United States Government; or’’ 2 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 3 (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘the for- 4 eign air transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘after consid- 5 ering the totality of the circumstances, including the 6 factors set forth in section 40101(a), the foreign air 7 transportation’’. 8 SEC. 4. PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIREMENTS. 9 (a) POLICY.—Section 40101(a) of title 49, United 10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 11 lowing: 12 ‘‘(17) preventing entry into United States mar- 13 kets by flag of convenience carriers. 14 ‘‘(18) preventing the undermining of labor 15 standards.’’. 16 (b) INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION.—Sec- 17 tion 40101(e)(9) of title 49, United States Code, is 18 amended— 19 (1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 20 the end; 21 (2) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period 22 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 23 (3) by adding at the end the following: 24 ‘‘(F) undermining labor standards.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Dec 20, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3095.RH H3095 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3095 RH (c) FLAG OF CONVENIENCE CARRIER DEFINED.— 1 Section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 2 amended— 3 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (21) through 4 (47) as paragraphs (22) through (48), respectively; 5 and 6 (2) by inserting after paragraph (20) the fol- 7 lowing: 8 ‘‘(21) ‘flag of convenience carrier’ means a for- 9 eign air carrier that is established in a country other 10 than the home country of its majority owner or own- 11 ers in order to avoid regulations of the home coun- 12 try.’’. 13 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Dec 20, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3095.RH H3095 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 470 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3095 [Report No. 117–651] 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 20, 2022 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Dec 20, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3095.RH H3095 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS