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S 407 117th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Aviation and airports Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Transportation employees

Air America Act of 2022

Introduced: February 24, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 15, 2022
Held at the desk.
Jun 15, 2022
Received in the House.
Jun 15, 2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 14, 2022
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2936; text: CR S2936)
Jun 14, 2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2936; text: CR S2936)
May 19, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
May 19, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-113.
Feb 2, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 24, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Air America Act of 2022

This bill establishes the service of Air America employees as qualifying service for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System. (Air America was a government-owned airline that provided air transport for certain covert operations in Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam, between 1950 and 1976.)

The bill applies to U.S. citizens who were employees of Air America or another affiliated company, as specified, between January 1, 1950, and December 31, 1976. Benefit applications must be filed within two years of the date of enactment of this bill.

What's happening now June 15, 2022

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2610 Related bill Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
  • HR 1297 Identical bill Air America Act of 2021
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 19 Republican 6
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Feb 8, 2022
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Feb 7, 2022
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Feb 2, 2022
 D
Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Jul 27, 2021
 D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 24, 2021
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Feb 24, 2021
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Feb 24, 2021
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Feb 24, 2021
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Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Feb 24, 2021
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Feb 24, 2021
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 24, 2021
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 24, 2021
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Feb 24, 2021
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Feb 24, 2021
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Feb 24, 2021
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Feb 24, 2021
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Padilla, Alex
California · Feb 24, 2021
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Feb 24, 2021
 R
Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Feb 24, 2021
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 24, 2021
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Feb 24, 2021
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Feb 24, 2021
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Feb 24, 2021
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Feb 24, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 407: Air America Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-407/
MLA
"S. 407: Air America Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-407/.
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S. 407, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-407/.
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