Fair and Open Skies Act

IB 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:09 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3632.RH H3632 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3632 RH 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:09 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3632.RH H3632 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3632 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 00:09 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3632.RH H3632 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3632 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 00:09 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3632.RH H3632 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3632 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 00:09 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3632.RH H3632 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:09 Dec 10, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3632.RH H3632 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS