H.R. 5297: CONTRACT Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-12-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-12-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

CONTRACT Act of 2019

Plain summary

Continuity for Operators with Necessary Training Required for ATC Contract Towers Act of 2019 or the CONTRACT Act of 2019 This bill exempts certain air traffic controllers from a required reduction in their retirement annuity payment on account of earnings from certain work performed while entitled to such annuity. Under current law, retired Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers receive an annuity payment during the period between the mandatory retirement age of 56 and the social security minimum age of 62. Such annuity payment is required to be reduced by a certain percentage of any excess earnings during this period. The bill exempts from such reduction in annuity payments an air traffic controller who participates in the Air Traffic Control Contract Program (a public-private partnership for air traffic control services) following mandatory retirement.

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Official text

CONTRACT Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · 99 cosponsors

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Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mike Bost (R-IL), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Scott Perry (R-PA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Steve Womack (R-AR), James Comer (R-KY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Betty McCollum (D-MN), David Kustoff (R-TN), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Tom Emmer (R-MN) and 39 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] reported raising $580,025 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr5297.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr5297 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116