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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 818 

To provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer 

certain funds to prevent furloughs by the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 25, 2013 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. RISCH, Mr. TOOMEY, 

Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. ROBERTS) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent furloughs by 

the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reducing Flight 

5 Delays Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS TO 

2 PREVENT FURLOUGHS BY THE FEDERAL 

3 AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding division G of the 

5 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

6 2013 (Public Law 113–6), any other provision of law, or 

7 a sequestration order issued or to be issued by the Presi8 dent pursuant to section 251A(7)(A) of the Balanced 

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

10 U.S.C. 901a(7)(A)), the Secretary of Transportation may 

11 transfer during fiscal year 2013 an amount equal to the 

12 amount specified in subsection (c) to the appropriations 

13 account providing for the operations of the Federal Avia14 tion Administration, for any activity or activities funded 

15 by that account, from— 

16 (1) the amount made available for obligation in 

17 that fiscal year as discretionary grants-in-aid for air18 ports pursuant to section 47117(f) of title 49, 

19 United States Code; or 

20 (2) any other program or account of the Fed21 eral Aviation Administration. 

22 (b) AVAILABILITY AND OBLIGATION OF TRANS23 FERRED AMOUNTS.—An amount transferred under sub24 section (a)(1) shall— 


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1 (1) be available immediately for obligation and 

2 expenditure as directly appropriated budget author3 ity; and 

4 (2) be deemed as obligated for grants-in-aid for 

5 airports under part B of subtitle VII of title 49, 

6 United States Code, for purposes of complying with 

7 the limitation on incurring obligations during that 

8 fiscal year under the heading ‘‘GRANTS-IN-AID FOR

9 AIRPORTS’’ under title I of the Transportation, 

10 Housing and Urban Development, and Related 

11 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of 

12 Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 647), and made ap13 plicable to fiscal year 2013 by division F of the Con14 solidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 

15 Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6). 

16 (c) AMOUNT SPECIFIED.—The amount specified in 

17 this subsection is the amount, not to exceed $253,000,000, 

18 that the Secretary of Transportation determines to be nec19 essary— 

20 (1) to prevent during fiscal year 2013 furloughs 

21 of employees of the Federal Aviation Administration 

22 whom the Secretary determines are necessary for en23 suring a safe and efficient air transportation system; 

24 and 


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1 (2) to continue during that fiscal year the oper2 ations of air traffic control towers that were oper3 ational as of January 1, 2013, under the contract 

4 tower program of the Federal Aviation Administra5 tion. 

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