Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act
Sen. Sheehy Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Upgrade Safety Tech at Smaller Air Traffic Control Towers
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Contract tower operators — typically private companies running smaller airport towers — would receive federally funded safety equipment upgrades and training programs at no cost to them. Those that already purchased qualifying systems out of pocket would be reimbursed by the government, reducing financial burden on these operators.
“reimbursement for any certified situational awareness system (including Airborne Position Reference Tools in accordance with subsection (a)) that was independently acquired and installed prior to the date on which the Administrator installs any such system”
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act
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