Insourcing American Airport Jobs Act of 2016

Insourcing American Airport Jobs Act of 2016

This bill prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting the provision of technical services in the United States for aircraft of a foreign carrier en route to or from another country that are otherwise permitted under an international air transportation agreement.

The requirement shall not apply if:

• the country is a state sponsor of terrorism, or
• the United States is at war with the country or there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of travelers to the country.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5071 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5071

  To prohibit the President from regulating the provision of certain 
 technical services in the United States for an aircraft of a foreign 
air carrier that is en route to or from another country, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2016

  Mr. Poliquin (for himself and Ms. Pingree) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the President from regulating the provision of certain 
 technical services in the United States for an aircraft of a foreign 
air carrier that is en route to or from another country, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Insourcing American Airport Jobs Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REGULATION OF PROVISION OF TECHNICAL SERVICES 
              FOR AIRCRAFT.

    (a) In General.--On and after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and subject to subsection (b)--
            (1) the President may not regulate or prohibit, directly or 
        indirectly, the provision of technical services, otherwise 
        permitted under an international air transportation agreement, 
        in the United States for an aircraft of a foreign air carrier 
        that is en route to or from another country; and
            (2) any regulation in effect on such date of enactment that 
        regulates or prohibits the provision of technical services 
        described in paragraph (1) shall cease to have any force or 
        effect with respect to such services.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply--
            (1) if the country concerned is a state sponsor of 
        terrorism; or
            (2) in a case in which--
                    (A) the United States is at war with the country 
                concerned;
                    (B) armed hostilities between the United States and 
                the country concerned are in progress; or
                    (C) there is imminent danger to the public health 
                or the physical safety of travelers to the country 
                concerned.
    (c) State Sponsor of Terrorism Defined.--In this section, the term 
``state sponsor of terrorism'' has the meaning given that term in 
section 1605A(h)(6) of title 28, United States Code.
    (d) Applicability.--This section applies to actions taken by the 
President before the date of enactment of this Act that are in effect 
on such date of enactment, and to actions taken on or after such date.
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