[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4018-S4019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2586. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr.

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Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section _0003 and insert the following:

     SEC. _0003. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STAFFING AND MODERNIZATION.

       (a) In General.--For the purpose of the acquisition, 
     construction, sustainment, improvement, and operation of 
     facilities and equipment necessary to improve or maintain 
     aviation safety, and for personnel expenses related to such 
     facilities and equipment, in addition to amounts otherwise 
     made available, there is appropriated to the Administrator of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal year 2025, out 
     of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2029--
       (1) $2,640,000,000 for air traffic control tower and 
     terminal radar approach control facility replacement, of 
     which not less than $240,000,000 shall be available for 
     Contract Tower Program air traffic control tower replacement 
     and airport sponsor owned air traffic control tower 
     replacement;
       (2) $2,000,000,000 for air route traffic control center 
     replacement;
       (3) $3,000,000,000 for radar systems replacement;
       (4) $4,750,000,000 for telecommunications infrastructure 
     and systems replacement;
       (5) $500,000,000 for runway safety projects, airport 
     surface surveillance projects, and to carry out section 347 
     of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024;
       (6) $550,000,000 for unstaffed infrastructure sustainment 
     and replacement;
       (7) $300,000,000 to carry out section 619 of the FAA 
     Reauthorization Act of 2024;
       (8) $260,000,000 to carry out section 44745 of title 49, 
     United States Code; and
       (9) $1,000,000,000 for air traffic controller recruitment, 
     retention, training, and advanced training technologies.
       (b) Quarterly Reporting.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, 
     the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report that 
     describes any expenditures under this section.
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