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HOUSE 6561118th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

RESPECT Act

Last Action
12/11/2023

Actions

  • 2023-12-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  • 2023-12-01Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • 2023-12-01Introduced in House
  • 2023-12-01Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2023-12-01 (00)

Responsive Employees Support Productive Educated Congressional Talk Act or the RESPECT Act 

This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to respond in writing within 90 days to requests for data and information from Congress.

Specifically, the FAA must substantively respond if

  • the data is within the control of the FAA; and
  • the data would be otherwise appropriate to provide if requested by an airline, an airport, a flight procedure proponent, an Aviation Roundtable, anyone not employed by the FAA, or via a Freedom of Information Act request from any individual or any entity.

The FAA must also provide staff at a private or public meeting with a Member of Congress if certain conditions are met. 

Cosponsors (4)

  • Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
  • ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
  • Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
  • BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Transportation
  • Government information and archives
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Members of Congress
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