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HR 1711 108th Congress House

Air Traffic Control System Integrity Act of 2003

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that functions relating to the air traffic control system are carried out directly by the United States Government.

Introduced: July 17, 2003 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Air trafficAviation safetyCommerceDelegation of powers
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Department of TransportationEngineeringFederal employeesFederal-local relationsFederal-state relationsGovernment Operations and PoliticsInfrastructureMaintenance and repairNavigational aids (Aeronautics)Privatization
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Apr 11, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Apr 11, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E742-743)
Apr 10, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 10, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Air Traffic Control System Integrity Act of 2003 - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from authorizing the conversion to a private entity or a non-Federal public entity of any: (1) facility controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (except any airport traffic control tower operated under the contract tower program on the date of enactment of this Act); (2) operations performed, on the date of enactment of this Act, by Federal employees at an FAA-controlled facility (except any FAA airport traffic control tower operated under the contract tower program on the date of enactment of this Act); or (3) maintenance, engineering, or oversight functions performed, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, at an FAA-controlled facility (except with respect to renewal or replacement of a maintenance or engineering agreement in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 17, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 17, 2003
Janklow, William
· May 8, 2003
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 7, 2003
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· May 6, 2003
QUINN, JACK
· Apr 10, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1711: Air Traffic Control System Integrity Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1711/
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"H.R. 1711: Air Traffic Control System Integrity Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1711/.
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H.R. 1711, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1711/.
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