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111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 111–611 

RAY DAVES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. OBERSTAR, from the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 5591] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 5591) to designate the facility of the 

Federal Aviation Administration located at Spokane International 

Airport in Spokane, Washington, as the ‘‘Ray Daves Air Traffic 

Control Tower’’, having considered the same, report favorably 

thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. 

The amendments are as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 

The airport traffic control tower located at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Washington, and any successor airport traffic control tower at that location, 

shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Ray Daves Airport Traffic Control Tower’’. 

SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the 

United States to the airport traffic control tower referred to in section 1 shall be 

deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Ray Daves Airport Traffic Control Tower’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: 

A bill to designate the airport traffic control tower located at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Washington, as the ‘‘Ray Daves Airport Traffic Control 

Tower’’. 

PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

H.R. 5591, as amended, designates the Federal Aviation Administration airport traffic control tower located at the Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Washington, as the ‘‘Ray Daves Air 

Traffic Control Tower’’. 


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BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

Ray Daves was a radioman for the U.S. Navy at the Pacific Fleet 

Headquarters in Oahu, Hawaii, during the Japanese attack on 

Pearl Harbor. During the attack, Daves carried ammunition to a 

machine gun that was firing at enemy planes over Pearl Harbor. 

Daves was wounded by shrapnel during the bombing when a plane 

exploded near his location. He later volunteered for service aboard 

the U.S.S. Yorktown, an aircraft carrier, where he was assigned to 

the emergency radio room. He was present during the Battle of the 

Coral Sea and the sinking of the U.S.S. Yorktown during the Battle 

of Midway in 1942. In 1943, he was an air traffic controller at Cold 

Bay, Alaska, for the Navy’s air fields in the Aleutian Islands and 

flew ‘‘second seat’’ as gunner for aerial search-and-destroy missions 

against Japanese submarines in Alaskan waters. In 1944, Daves 

served as a liaison for the Soviet Air Force pilots who acquired U.S. 

bombers and fighter planes for the war in Europe. Daves taught at 

the Navy’s school for radiomen in Gulfport, Mississippi, from 1945 

until the end of the war. 

When World War II was over, Daves became a civilian air traffic 

controller at Geiger Field, later known as the Spokane International Airport, in Spokane, Washington. He worked as an air 

traffic controller at the airport from 1946 to 1974. Currently, Daves 

volunteers by educating other veterans about the Honor Flight program, which helps World War II veterans visit the memorial in 

their honor in Washington, D.C. 

The airport traffic control tower is currently called the Spokane 

International Airport Traffic Control Tower. 

SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation 

Section 1 designates the facility of the Federal Aviation Administration airport traffic control tower located at the Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Washington, as the ‘‘Ray Daves Air 

Traffic Control Tower.’’ 

Section 2. References 

This section designates that any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 

facility referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 

to the ‘‘Ray Daves Air Traffic Control Tower’’. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers introduced this bill on 

June 24, 2010. This bill has not been introduced in a previous Congress. 

On July 29, 2010, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session to consider H.R. 5591. The Committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the 

bill by voice vote with a quorum present. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ordered H.R. 5591, as amended, reported favorably to the House by a voice vote with a quorum 

present. 


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RECORD VOTES

Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives requires each committee report to include the total number of 

votes cast for and against on each record vote on a motion to report 

and on any amendment offered to the measure or matter, and the 

names of those members voting for and against. There were no recorded votes taken in connection with consideration of H.R. 5591 

or ordering the bill reported. A motion to order H.R. 5591, as 

amended, reported favorably to the House was agreed to by voice 

vote with a quorum present. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of 

the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee’s oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in this report. 

COST OF LEGISLATION

Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives does not apply where a cost estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been timely 

submitted prior to the filing of the report and is included in the report. Such a cost estimate is included in this report. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

1. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, and section 308(a) of 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee references 

the report of the Congressional Budget Office included in this report. 

2. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the performance goals 

and objectives of this legislation are to name the airport traffic control tower located at the Spokane International Airport in Spokane, 

Washington, as the ‘‘Ray Daves Air Traffic Control Tower’’. 

3. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 402 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the 

enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 5591, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. 

AUGUST 3, 2010. 

Hon. JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House 

of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed the following legislation ordered reported by the House 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 29, 2010: 

• H.R. 4387, a bill to designate the federal building located 

at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the ‘‘Winston E. Arnow Federal Building’’; 

• H.R. 5651, a bill to designate the federal building and 

United States courthouse located at 515 9th Street in Rapid 


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City, South Dakota, as the ‘‘Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’; 

• H.R. 5706, a bill to designate the building occupied by the 

Government Printing Office located at 31451 East United Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado, as the ‘‘Frank Evans Government 

Printing Office Building’’; 

• H.R. 5773, a bill to redesignate the federal building located 

at 6401 Security Boulevard in Baltimore, Maryland, commonly 

known as the Social Security Operations Building, as the ‘‘Robert M. Ball Federal Building’’; and 

• H.R. 5591, a bill to designate the airport traffic control 

tower located at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, 

Washington, as the ‘‘Ray Daves Airport Traffic Control Tower.’’ 

CBO estimates that enacting those pieces of legislation would 

have no significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not apply. The bills contain no intergovernmental or 

private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Matthew Pickford. 

Sincerely, 

ROBERT A. SUNSHINE

(For Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director). 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI

Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, the Committee is required to include a list of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits, 

as defined in clause 9(e), 9(f), and 9(g) of rule XXI of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives. H.R. 5591, as amended, does not 

contain any earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits under clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of rule XXI. 

CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, committee reports on a bill or joint resolution 

of a public character shall include a statement citing the specific 

powers granted to the Congress in the Constitution to enact the 

measure. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

finds that Congress has the authority to enact this measure pursuant to its powers granted under article I, section 8 of the Constitution. 

FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT

The Committee adopts as its own the estimate of Federal mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 

pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(P.L. 104–4). 

PREEMPTION CLARIFICATION

Section 423 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires the 

report of any Committee on a bill or joint resolution to include a 


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statement on the extent to which the bill or joint resolution is intended to preempt state, local, or tribal law. The Committee states 

that H.R. 5591, as amended, does not preempt any state, local, or 

tribal law. 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act are created by this legislation. 

APPLICABILITY TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to the 

terms and conditions of employment or access to public services or 

accommodations within the meaning of section 102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (P.L. 104–1). 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 5591, as amended, makes no changes in existing law. 

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