[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3512 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3512

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize grants from the 
small airport fund for the construction or improvement of a nonapproach 
                             control tower.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2018

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Wyden, 
  Mr. Crapo, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize grants from the 
small airport fund for the construction or improvement of a nonapproach 
                             control tower.

    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 ``Increased Aviation Safety through 
Contract Towers Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN CONTROL TOWERS.

    Section 47116(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Control tower construction.--Notwithstanding any 
        provision of section 47124(b)(4)(A), the Secretary may provide 
        grants under this section to an airport sponsor for the 
        construction or improvement of a nonapproach control tower, as 
        defined by the Secretary, and for the acquisition and 
        installation of air traffic control, communications, and 
        related equipment to be used in that tower. Such grants shall 
        be subject to the distribution requirements of subsection (b) 
        and the eligibility requirements of section 47124(b)(4)(B).''.
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