US HB2150 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress House Bill 2150 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 96-41-1)
Status: Introduced on April 26 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act This bill bars the Department of Transportation (DOT) from issuing a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption from certain air carrier certificate requirements to a person to provide foreign air transportation under the United States-European Union Air Transport Agreement of April, 2007, in a proceeding in which the applicability of Article 17 bis of such Agreement has been raised by an interested person, unless DOT: finds that issuing the permit or exemption would be consistent with the intent set forth in Article 17 bis of the agreement, that opportunities created by the agreement do not undermine labor standards or the labor-related rights and principles contained in the laws of the respective parties to the agreement; and imposes conditions on the permit or exemption necessary to ensure that the person complies with the intent of Article 17 bis. In carrying out such air carrier certificate requirements, DOT shall consider preventing entry of flag of convenience carriers into U.S. markets as being in the public interest and consistent with public convenience and necessity for safety in air transportation and air commerce. In formulating U.S. international air transportation policy, the Department of State and DOT shall develop a negotiating policy emphasizing the greatest degree of competition for a well-functioning air transportation system that eliminates specified discriminatory and unfair competitive practices faced by U.S. airlines in foreign air transportation, to include erosion of labor standards associated with flag of convenience carriers. A "flag of convenience carrier" is defined as 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 the home country's regulations.

Title

Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act

Sponsors

Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Trey Hollingsworth [R-IN]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2017-04-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2017-04-26	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB2997 (Related) 2017-09-06 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 213.
HB4 (Related) 2018-05-08 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 401.