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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–97 

PATRICIA CLARK BOSTON AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL 

CENTER 

JUNE 5, 2013.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 1092] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom 

was referred the bill (H.R. 1092) to designate the air route traffic 

control center located in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ‘‘Patricia 

Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center,’’ having considered 

the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................. 2 

Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2 

Hearings ................................................................................................................... 2 

Legislative History and Consideration .................................................................. 2 

Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 2 

Committee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 2 

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 2 

Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 3 

Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 3 

Advisory of Earmarks .............................................................................................. 3 

Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 3 

Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings ..................................................................... 4 

Federal Mandate Statement ................................................................................... 4 

Preemption Clarification ......................................................................................... 4 

Advisory Committee Statement .............................................................................. 4 

Applicability of Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 4 

Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation ............................................................ 4 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 4 


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PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION

H.R. 1092 would designate the air route traffic control center, located in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ‘‘Patricia Clark Boston 

Air Route Traffic Control Center.’’ 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

H.R. 1092 would designate the air traffic control center, located 

in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ‘‘Patricia Clark Boston Air 

Route Traffic Control Center.’’ 

To commemorate the Federal Aviation Administration’s Boston 

Air Route Traffic Control Center’s 50th anniversary, the employees 

decided to name the tower after an employee, Patricia Clark, who 

has worked there since the Center’s opening in 1963. Patricia 

Clark is an exemplary federal employee, and due to her dedication 

and impressive length of Federal service, her colleagues and Congress believe it appropriate to name the Center in her honor. 

HEARINGS

No hearings were held on H.R. 1092. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND CONSIDERATION

On March 12, 2013, Representative Ann M. Kuster introduced 

H.R. 1092, a bill to designate the air route traffic control center, 

located in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ‘‘Patricia Clark Boston 

Air Route Traffic Control Center.’’ 

On May 16, 2013, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session and ordered the bill reported favorably to the House by voice vote with a quorum present. 

COMMITTEE 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 

record votes taken in connection with consideration of H.R. 1092 or 

ordering the measure reported. A motion to order H.R. 1092 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. 

NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY AND TAX EXPENDITURES

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. 


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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

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. 1092 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, May 17, 2013. 

Hon. BILL SHUSTER, 

Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House 

of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed H.R. 1092, a bill to designate the air route traffic control 

center located in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ‘‘Patricia Clark 

Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center’’ as ordered reported by 

the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 

16, 2013. 

CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would have no significant impact on the federal budget and would not affect direct 

spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not 

apply. The bill contains 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, 

DOUGLAS W. ELMENDORF. 

PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

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

the Rules of the House of Representatives, the performance goal 

and objective of this legislation is to designate the air route traffic 

control center, located in Nashua, New Hampshire, and all subsequent air traffic control centers at this location, as the ‘‘Patricia 

Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center.’’ 

ADVISORY OF EARMARKS

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. No provision in the bill includes an 

earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit under clause 

9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of rule XXI. 

DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS

Pursuant to section 3(j) of H. Res. 5, 113th Cong. (2013), the 

Committee finds that no provision of H.R. 1092 establishes or reauthorizes a program of the Federal government known to be duplicative of another Federal program, a program that was included in 

any report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress 

pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111–139, or a program related 


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to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULE MAKINGS

Pursuant to section 3(k) of H. Res. 5, 113th Cong. (2013), the 

Committee estimates that enacting H.R. 1092 does not specifically 

direct the completion of any specific rule makings within the meaning of section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 

FEDERAL MANDATE 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 

(Public Law 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 

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. 1092 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 OF 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 (Public Law 104–1). 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATION

Section 1. Designation of Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic 

Control Center 

Section 1 designates the air route traffic control center located in 

Nashua, New Hampshire and any successor center at that location 

to be known as the ‘‘Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center.’’ Any reference in law, map, regulation, document or 

other record of the United States of the air route traffic control center in Nashua, New Hampshire will be understood to be a reference 

to the ‘‘Patricia Clark Air Route Traffic Control Center.’’ 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 1092 makes no changes in existing law. 

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