H.R. 1536 Introduced Transportation and Public Works

PIFAA

To allow certain foreign air carriers to stop in Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands in the course of transportation of passengers or cargo in either direction between a place in the United States and a place outside the United States, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] Introduced February 24, 2025 Cosponsors 1 (1 R) Latest action February 24, 2025

Summary

Pacific Island Flight Alternatives Act of 2025 or PIFAA
This bill allows authorized foreign aircraft to pick up and drop off passengers and cargo in Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands on international flights to or from other places in the United States. Authorized aircraft are those registered to a foreign air carrier from Japan, the Philippines, or South Korea.
Current law prohibits foreign air carriers from transporting passengers or cargo between places in the United States, with exceptions.
The bill deems that passengers or cargo that are added to or removed from authorized foreign aircraft in Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands on a flight that is traveling between another place in the United States and an international location have not broken the international journey, thus allowing authorized foreign aircraft to transport passengers and cargo between Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands and other places in the United States on such flights.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Feb 24, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  2. Feb 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  3. Feb 24, 2025 Introduced in House

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