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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2751 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require approval from Congress for a certain reduction of Federal Aviation |
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| 6 | 6 | | Administration workforce, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORRESof California introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To require approval from Congress for a certain reduction |
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| 14 | 14 | | of Federal Aviation Administration workforce, and for |
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| 15 | 15 | | other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Air Traffic Controller 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Protection Act’’ or the ‘‘ATC Protection Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. REDUCTION, REPLACEMENT, OR OUTSOURCE OF 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FAA STAFFING. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) R |
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| 24 | 24 | | EDUCTION INSTAFFING.— 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) I |
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| 26 | 26 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | provision of law, in order for the Secretary of Trans-10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 2751 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | portation to reduce, replace, or outsource 1 percent 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | or more of the workforce of the Federal Aviation 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Administration, the Secretary shall obtain explicit 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | approval from Congress. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) R |
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| 36 | 36 | | EPORT TO CONGRESS.—Before seeking ap-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | proval from Congress under paragraph (1), the Sec-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | retary of Transportation shall submit to Congress a 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | report detailing the rationale for any decision to re-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | duce, replace, or outsource 1 percent or more of the 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | workforce of the Federal Aviation Administration as 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | well as any analysis on how such decision will impact 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the aviation and transportation system at large. 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (b) DOGE C |
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| 45 | 45 | | ONTROL.—The Administrator of the De-13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | partment of Governmental Efficiency may not exercise 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | control over the Federal Aviation Administration. 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) ATC P |
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| 49 | 49 | | RIVATIZATION.—Notwithstanding any 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | other provision of law, the air traffic control system of 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the Federal Aviation Administration may not be privatized 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | or outsourced from the Federal Aviation Administration. 19 |
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