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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Aviation Ad3 ministration Facility Consolidation Moratorium Act of 

4 2007’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

7 (1) during previous, successful consolidations 

8 and colocations of facilities of the Federal Aviation 

9 Administration, the constructive involvement of air 

10 traffic controllers and other stakeholders was per11 mitted and was positive and mutually beneficial to 

12 the Administration, stakeholders, employees, and the 

13 safety and efficiency of the national airspace system; 

14 (2) the Administration has an obligation to 

15 keep members of Congress, the public, airport opera16 tors, aviation operators, and other stakeholders in17 formed of potential, planned, or pending efforts of 

18 the Administration that could affect the safety of 

19 the national airspace system; 

20 (3) the Administration has failed to appro21 priately notify such stakeholders with regards to 

22 consolidations and colocations of air traffic control 

23 facilities, including the terminal radar approach con24 trol facilities at Beaumont, Texas, Palm Springs, 

25 California, and Lincoln, Nebraska; 

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1 (4) facility consolidation and colocation should 

2 be used by the Administration primarily as a means 

3 to increase air system safety and efficiency; 

4 (5) consolidation has been a policy endorsed by 

5 the Administration for more than 30 years, with a 

6 primary goal of ensuring that consolidation is con7 sidered for terminal radar approach control facilities 

8 when there is a specific operational need and a cost 

9 benefit; and 

10 (6) air traffic operations should not be consoli11 dated or colocated exclusively to address budgetary 

12 concerns. 

13 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

14 (1) to impose a moratorium on the consolida15 tion or colocation of air traffic control facilities of 

16 the Administration until January of 2009; 

17 (2) to assure the continued safe operations of 

18 air traffic control facilities throughout the national 

19 airspace system; 

20 (3) to assure that consolidation and colocation 

21 efforts are done so in a collaborative and cooperative 

22 manner with input from all stakeholders, including 

23 members of Congress and air traffic controllers; and 

24 (4) to reinforce the Administration’s 30-year 

25 policy of providing primary consideration to facilities 

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1 whose consolidation would provide a specific oper2 ational need. 

3 SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF CONSOLIDATION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 445 of title 49, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘§ 44518. Realignment of Federal Aviation Adminis8 tration air traffic control facilities and 

9 services 

10 ‘‘The authority of the Federal Aviation Administra11 tion to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, exe12 cute an inter-facility reorganization of, or plan for the con13 solidation, deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or 

14 colocation of, any air traffic control facility and services 

15 of the Administration is suspended until January 1, 

16 2009.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 

18 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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