RESPECT Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Dec 1, 2023
Last action Dec 11, 2023
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Dec 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
lower
Dec 1, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
lower
Dec 1, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jimmy Panetta
DDemocratic
Co
Anna G. Eshoo
DDemocratic
Co
Brad Sherman
DDemocratic
Co
Kevin Mullin
DDemocratic
Co
Tony Cárdenas
DDemocratic
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