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H.R. 4449: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a remote air traffic control tower pilot program.

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H.R. 4449: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a remote air traffic control tower pilot program.

114th Congress · introduced 2016-02-03 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-02-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a remote air traffic control tower pilot program.

Plain summary

This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT), by six months after completion of a safety risk management panel conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration for the Leesburg, Virginia, project, to establish a pilot program under which DOT shall install, operate, and assess the benefits of the technology of up to six remote air traffic control towers. DOT must complete a safety risk management process for a participating airport before air traffic is actively controlled by a remote air traffic control tower at such airport. An operator of a public-use airport may apply to participate in the pilot program. DOT: (1) shall establish a list of benefits of remote tower technology to the National Airspace System and criteria that facilities should meet in order to best achieve those benefits; and (2) may select for the pilot program, based on such criteria, one nonhub primary airport, two reliever airports without existing air traffic control towers, one primary airport for the purpose of augmenting the capabilities of an existing air traffic control tower, and two airports classified as local or basic in the national plan of integrated airport systems. A selected airport shall be eligible for participation in, and funding from, the control tower contract program. A remote air traffic control tower and ancillary equipment installed with federal funds under this bill shall be considered an air navigation facility. The pilot program shall terminate five years after this bill's enactment.

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Official text

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a remote air traffic control tower pilot program.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] · 1 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong114-hr4449 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114