[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2443 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2443

To amend title 49, United States Code, to suspend the authority of the 
  Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to eliminate, 
 consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for the consolidation, 
 deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or colocation of, any 
    air traffic control facility and services of the Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2007

 Mr. Poe (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, 
 Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
    Mrs. Capps, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Hill, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Berry, Mr. 
Abercrombie, and Mr. Capuano) 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 suspend the authority of the 
  Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to eliminate, 
 consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for the consolidation, 
 deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or colocation of, any 
    air traffic control facility and services of the Administration.

    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 ``Federal Aviation Administration 
Facility Consolidation Moratorium Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) during previous, successful consolidations and 
        colocations of facilities of the Federal Aviation 
        Administration, the constructive involvement of air traffic 
        controllers and other stakeholders was permitted and was 
        positive and mutually beneficial to the Administration, 
        stakeholders, employees, and the safety and efficiency of the 
        national airspace system;
            (2) the Administration has an obligation to keep members of 
        Congress, the public, airport operators, aviation operators, 
        and other stakeholders informed of potential, planned, or 
        pending efforts of the Administration that could affect the 
        safety of the national airspace system;
            (3) the Administration has failed to appropriately notify 
        such stakeholders with regards to consolidations and 
        colocations of air traffic control facilities, including the 
        terminal radar approach control facilities at Beaumont, Texas, 
        Palm Springs, California, and Lincoln, Nebraska;
            (4) facility consolidation and colocation should be used by 
        the Administration primarily as a means to increase air system 
        safety and efficiency;
            (5) consolidation has been a policy endorsed by the 
        Administration for more than 30 years, with a primary goal of 
        ensuring that consolidation is considered for terminal radar 
        approach control facilities when there is a specific 
        operational need and a cost benefit; and
            (6) air traffic operations should not be consolidated or 
        colocated exclusively to address budgetary concerns.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to impose a moratorium on the consolidation or 
        colocation of air traffic control facilities of the 
        Administration until January of 2009;
            (2) to assure the continued safe operations of air traffic 
        control facilities throughout the national airspace system;
            (3) to assure that consolidation and colocation efforts are 
        done so in a collaborative and cooperative manner with input 
        from all stakeholders, including members of Congress and air 
        traffic controllers; and
            (4) to reinforce the Administration's 30-year policy of 
        providing primary consideration to facilities whose 
        consolidation would provide a specific operational need.

SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF CONSOLIDATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 445 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 44518. Realignment of Federal Aviation Administration air 
              traffic control facilities and services
    ``The authority of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, execute an inter-
facility reorganization of, or plan for the consolidation, 
deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or colocation of, any 
air traffic control facility and services of the Administration is 
suspended until January 1, 2009.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``44518. Realignment of Federal Aviation Administration air traffic 
                            control facilities and services.''.
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