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H.R. 4542 (109th)

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress concerning proposed changes to long-standing policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising actual control over the economic, competitive, safety, and security decisions of United States airlines, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

14 December 2005

Last action

15 December 2005 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Sponsors

Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12], Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], ROBERT BRADY, Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4], Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7], Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14], Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18], Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2], Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7], Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2], Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18]

Subjects

Transport, Aviation

Source updated

7 April 2025

Transport · Aviation

Summary

Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from issuing any final rule that would change the Department of Transportation's (DOT) interpretation of what constitutes "actual control" of an airline with respect to requirements prohibiting foreign interests from exercising actual control over all airline operations. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the impact of DOT's proposed change of allowing foreign interests to control economic and competitive decisions while requiring U.S. citizens to control decisions concerning commitments to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, transportation security, safety, and organizational documents. (Under current law, only an airline that qualifies as "a citizen of the United States" may provide service between U.S. cities or on international routes obtained by the United States through international agreements. Defines "a citizen of the United States" as an individual who is a citizen of the United States, a partnership each of whose partners is an individual who is a citizen of the United States, or a corporation or association in which at least 75% of the voting interest is owned or controlled by persons that are citizens of the United States).

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Timeline

  1. 14 December 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 14 December 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 14 December 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 14 December 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 15 December 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

    Source: Committee

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