House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Fair and Open Skies Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2021
- Committee actionJul 28, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 470.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3095.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3095, Fair and Open Skies Act” on November 30, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 28, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57654
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3095, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3095
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-651 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 20, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2022 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/651
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3095, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3095
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 81, May 11, 2021, Page H2196):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2021 ↗
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- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3095, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3095
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d856baac82bba78afe36e252293b060fc9a4b049d54b9bb2282b2eb2acf3db1e
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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
161 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 121 Democrats
40 of 161 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA) and 131 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio.
- H.R. 3684 (117th) Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- H.R. 7776 (117th) James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- H.R. 5434 (117th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021
- H.R. 5763 (117th) Further Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2021
- H.R. 7321 (117th) Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act
- H.R. 5706 (117th) Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.