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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

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.

H.R. 4542Introduced Dec 14, 2005Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Sponsor: Rep. James Oberstar D-MN
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Where it went

Latest action: Dec 15, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

197 cosponsors — 37 Republicans, 159 Democrats, 1 independent

37 of 197 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Julia Carson (D-IN) and 167 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Oberstar.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-8 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.