HR 6561
118th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Members of Congress
RESPECT Act
Introduced: December 1, 2023
Introduced by:
Panetta, Jimmy
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 11, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Dec 1, 2023
Introduced in House
Dec 1, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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