[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3218 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3218

To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 report to Congress on the process by which air traffic control tower 
     facilities are chosen for replacement, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2023

 Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, 
 Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Steube, and Ms. Scholten) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 report to Congress on the process by which air traffic control tower 
     facilities are chosen for replacement, 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 ``Air Traffic Control Tower 
Replacement Process Report Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER REPLACEMENT PROCESS REPORT.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall submit to Congress a report on the process by 
which air traffic control tower facilities are chosen for replacement.
    (b) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
contain--
            (1) the process by which air traffic control tower 
        facilities are chosen for replacement, including which 
        divisions of the Administration control or are involved in the 
        replacement decision-making process;
            (2) the criteria the Administrator uses to determine which 
        air traffic control tower facilities to replace, including--
                    (A) the relative importance of each such criteria;
                    (B) why the Administrator uses each such criteria; 
                and
                    (C) the reasons for the relative importance of each 
                such criteria;
            (3) what types of investigation the Administrator carries 
        out to determine if an air traffic control tower facility 
        should be replaced;
            (4) a timeline of the replacement process for an individual 
        air traffic control tower facility replacement;
            (5) the list of facilities established under subsection 
        (c), including the reason for selecting each such facility; and
            (6) any other information the Administrator considers 
        relevant.
    (c) List of Replaced Air Traffic Control Tower Facilities.--The 
Administrator shall establish, maintain, and publish on the website of 
the Federal Aviation Administration a list of the following:
            (1) All air traffic control tower facilities replaced 
        within the previous 10-year period.
            (2) Any such facilities in the process of being replaced.
            (3) Any such facilities under consideration for 
        replacement.
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