House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Fair and Open Skies Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4021.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 102, June 12, 2023, Page H2810):Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure that authorizations issued by the Secretary of Transportation to foreign air carriers do not undermine U.S. labor standardsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 198 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4021, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4021
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
72 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 55 Democrats
17 of 72 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and 42 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.