H.R. 1499 · 118th Congress

Good Jobs for Good Airports Act

Introduced on Mar 9, 2023 by Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4). 97 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Mar 10, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 9, 2023
Cosponsors
97
0 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To require small, medium, and large hub airports to certify that airport service workers are paid the prevailing wage and provided fringe benefits, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-IL-4Sponsor

Democrats · 97

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Mar 9, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 9, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Mar 9, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  4. Mar 10, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES8 reports
    $5.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES INC$12.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $475.2K reported (all issues)
  3. Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (d/b/a Airlines for America)5 reports
    $7M reported (all issues)
  4. Rhode Island Airport Corporation5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  5. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION5 reports
    $700K reported (all issues)
  6. Service Employees International Union CTW-CLC5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  7. TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  8. UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICAN AIRLINES INC.3 reports
    Federal contractor: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC$8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. Capital Region Airport Commission3 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  11. Breakthrough T1D (formerly known as JDRF Intl.)2 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)
  12. HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC.2 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC$619.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.