[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1474 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1474

To designate certain functions performed at flight service stations of 
    the Federal Aviation Administration as inherently governmental 
                   functions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2005

    Mr. Sanders (for himself, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
California, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Solis, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
 Lantos, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Michaud, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
  Clay, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Mr. Abercrombie, Ms. Ginny 
Brown-Waite of Florida, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Slaughter, 
 Mr. Emanuel, Ms. DeLauro, and Mr. Bishop of New York) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate certain functions performed at flight service stations of 
    the Federal Aviation Administration as inherently governmental 
                   functions, 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 ``The Federal Aviation Safety Security 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL DETERMINATION.

    For purposes of section 2(a) of the Federal Inventory Activities 
Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2382), the functions performed by air traffic 
control specialists at flight service stations operated by the Federal 
Aviation Administration are inherently governmental functions and must 
be performed by Federal employees.

SEC. 3. ACTIONS VOIDED.

    Any action taken pursuant to section 2(a) of the Federal Inventory 
Activities Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2382), or any other law or legal 
authority with respect to functions performed by air traffic control 
specialists at flight service stations operated by the Federal Aviation 
Administration is null and void.
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