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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1835 

To establish an employee stock ownership plan for air traffic control 

personnel. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2015 

Mr. MICA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee 

on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish an employee stock ownership plan for air traffic 

control personnel. 

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 ‘‘Air Traffic Controller 

5 Reform and Employee Stock Ownership Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRANSFER TO A PRIVATE CORPORATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the plan de8 scribed in section 4, the Secretary shall transfer air traffic 

9 control personnel to a corporation giving such personnel 


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1 employee stock ownership in such corporation. The Sec2 retary shall determine when such personnel shall be trans3 ferred, but in no case later than 1 year after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, and what if any property used for 

5 air traffic control services of the Federal Aviation Admin6 istration shall be transferred to a corporation. 

7 (b) CONSULTATION.—Before transferring any per8 sonnel to the corporation, the Secretary shall consult 

9 with— 

10 (1) the organization representing the largest 

11 number of air traffic controllers on such proposed 

12 transfer; 

13 (2) pilots; 

14 (3) representatives from passenger commercial 

15 airlines; and 

16 (4) representatives from commercial airlines. 

17 (c) BENEFITS FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PER18 SONNEL.—The Secretary shall coordinate with the Direc19 tor of the Office of Personnel Management in the transfer 

20 of air traffic control personnel to the corporation, includ21 ing any necessary reduction in force actions and severance 

22 benefits that may be necessary to carry out this Act. 


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1 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CORPORATION. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—A corporation shall be considered 

3 to satisfy the requirements of this section if such corpora4 tion— 

5 (1) is incorporated under the laws of a State; 

6 (2) is not a department, agency, or establish7 ment of the United States; 

8 (3) issues securities in a manner consistent 

9 with subsection (b); and 

10 (4) satisfies such other requirements as the 

11 Secretary may by regulation prescribe in order to 

12 carry out the purposes of this Act. 

13 (b) SECURITIES.—Any securities issued by the cor14 poration, during the 1-year period beginning on the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, shall be issued in a manner 

16 to be determined by the Secretary. 

17 SEC. 4. TRANSFER PLAN; DETERMINATION BY THE SEC18 RETARY. 

19 (a) TRANSFER PLAN.—Not later than the 60th day 

20 after the date on which a corporation first satisfies the 

21 requirements of section 3, as determined under subsection 

22 (b), the Secretary shall, in conformance with the require23 ments of section 2, transmit to Congress— 

24 (1) a comprehensive plan providing for the or25 derly transfer of all property subject to this Act, in26 cluding a timetable under which such transfer is 


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1 completed not later than 180 days after the date on 

2 which such corporation first satisfies such require3 ments; and 

4 (2) such recommendations for legislation as the 

5 Secretary considers necessary in order to carry out 

6 the plan described in paragraph (1), including rec7 ommendations for the repeal or modification of ap8 propriate Federal statutes. 

9 (b) DETERMINATION BY THE SECRETARY.—The Sec10 retary shall, for purposes of this section, determine the 

11 date on which a corporation first satisfies the require12 ments of section 3. 

13 (c) RETENTION OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT.—The 

14 Secretary shall determine who of senior management in 

15 air traffic control services shall continue at the Federal 

16 Aviation Administration after such transfer takes place, 

17 not to exceed 1 percent of the total number of air traffic 

18 control personnel employed at the FAA on the day before 

19 the date of enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

21 For purposes of this Act— 

22 (1) the term ‘‘air traffic control personnel’’ 

23 means not less than 95 percent employees of the 

24 Federal Aviation Administration working in the area 


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1 of air traffic control on the day before the date of 

2 enactment of this Act; 

3 (2) the term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal Avia4 tion Administration; 

5 (3) the term ‘‘property’’, when used with re6 spect to air traffic control services, means all assets 

7 and rights, and all liabilities and obligations, of the 

8 FAA; 

9 (4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

10 of Transportation; and 

11 (5) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 

12 States, the District of Columbia, and the Common13 wealth of Puerto Rico. 

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