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S 853 113th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Appropriations Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Department of Transportation Employee leave Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Transportation employees Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security

Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013

Introduced: April 25, 2013 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Became law
Apr 30, 2013
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 30, 2013
Senate requests return of papers with respect to S. 853 by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 26, 2013
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 26, 2013
Held at the desk.
Apr 26, 2013
Received in the House.
Apr 25, 2013
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3059-3060; text as passed Senate: CR S3059-3060)
Apr 25, 2013
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3059-3060; text as passed Senate: CR S3059-3060)
Apr 25, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), notwithstanding the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6), any other provision of law, or sequestration order, to transfer for FY2013 to any Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) appropriations account (such as the one for air traffic control operations) a certain amount from funds otherwise made available for discretionary grants-in-aid under the airport improvement program or any other FAA program.

Makes any transferred amount available immediately for obligation and expenditure as directly appropriated budget authority.

Prohibits any such transfer of funds unless the Secretary notifies Congress at least five days in advance.

What's happening now April 30, 2013

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 818 Related bill Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
  • HR 1765 Identical bill Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 3
Heller, Dean
· Apr 25, 2013
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Apr 25, 2013
 R
Risch, James E.
Idaho · Apr 25, 2013
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Apr 25, 2013
 D
Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Apr 25, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 853: Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-853/
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"S. 853: Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-853/.
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S. 853, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-853/.
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