[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1711 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1711

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that functions 
relating to the air traffic control system are carried out directly by 
                     the United States Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2003

 Mr. Oberstar (for himself, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. Quinn) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that functions 
relating to the air traffic control system are carried out directly by 
                     the United States Government.

    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 ``Air Traffic Control System Integrity 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DELEGATION OF DUTIES AND POWERS RELATED TO AIR 
              TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM.

    Section 44502(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(3) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(3) Delegation of powers and duties.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Limitations.--The Secretary shall not 
                authorize the conversion of any of the following 
                facilities or functions of the air traffic control 
                system, as defined in section 40102, to a private 
                entity or a public entity other than the United States 
                Government:
                            ``(i) A facility controlled by the Federal 
                        Aviation Administration.
                            ``(ii) Operations performed, on the date of 
                        enactment of this subparagraph, by Federal 
                        employees at a facility controlled by the 
                        Federal Aviation Administration.
                            ``(iii) Maintenance, engineering, or 
                        oversight functions performed, on or after the 
                        date of enactment of this subparagraph, at a 
                        facility controlled by the Federal Aviation 
                        Administration.
                    ``(C) Applicability of limitations.--
                            ``(i) Contract tower program.--
                        Subparagraphs (B)(i) and (B)(ii) shall not 
                        apply to a Federal Aviation Administration 
                        airport traffic control tower operated under 
                        the contract tower program on the date of 
                        enactment of this subparagraph.
                            ``(ii) Existing maintenance and engineering 
                        agreements.--Subparagraph (B)(iii) shall not 
                        apply to the renewal or replacement of a 
                        maintenance or engineering agreement in effect 
                        on the date of enactment of this 
                        subparagraph.''.
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