NATCA Bookshelf

NiW Today n i w . n a t c a . n e t Members of the House of Representatives are grouped by state and listed alphabetically by last name. Members of the Senate are listed alphabetically by last name. ✔ The member voted correctly from NATCA's perspective/the member co-sponsored the bill. ✘ The member voted incorrectly from NATCA's perspective/the member did not co-sponsor the bill. NV The member did not vote on the bill. ✱ The member was not in office at the time the vote took place/not in office during the bill's duration. These votes all occurred during the 113th and 114th Congress, so it is important to remember that there are new members listed who were not yet elected when those votes occurred. Likewise, members who voted on these bills but are no longer in office are not listed. H.R. 1765 Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 NATCA led the legislative efforts for passage of H.R. 1765, in which the House and Senate voted to put an end to the April 2013 FAA furloughs of air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals. The furloughs occurred as a result of the spending cuts mandated by sequestration. The Senate passed this bill via a procedure called "unanimous consent." This means that a roll call vote was not taken, so you will not find this vote listed for your Senators. H.R. 2775 Continuing Appropriations Act of 2014 This Continuing Resolution (CR) was signed into law on October 17, 2013, and ended the two-week government shutdown. On September 30, 2013, Congress had not passed appropriations bills to fund the government for F Y 2014 when the fiscal year came to an end. Therefore, on October 1, the government was forced to shut down — including the FAA, which caused NATCA members to once again be furloughed or work without receiving a paycheck until the government "reopened." The CR ended the government shutdown and allowed furloughed employees to return to work. H.R. 4745 Gingrey Amendment to THUD Appropriations NATCA has been fighting anti-official time amendments and bills for the past several years. Three years ago, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) offered an anti-official time amendment to the F Y 15 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill (H.R. 4745). NATCA led the fight to successfully defeat this amendment, which failed by a vote of 167-254, with 60 Republicans joining all Democrats to vote with NATCA against the amendment. A corresponding amendment was not offered in the Senate, so you will not find this vote listed for your Senators. H.R. 2029 Hice Amendment to Military Construction — Veterans Affairs Appropriations Just like the Gingrey Amendment that would have eliminated official time at the FAA, Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) introduced an anti-official time amendment to the F Y 16 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (Mil-Con-VA) appropriations bill (H.R. 2029) two years ago. This amendment would have eliminated official time for federal employee union representatives in the Department of Veterans Affairs. With NATCA's help, this amendment was defeated by a vote of 190-232, with 49 Republicans joining all Democrats to vote against the amendment. If the Hice amendment was approved for the Department of Veterans Affairs, it could eventually lead to the end of official time at other departments and agencies, such as the FAA. A corresponding amendment was not offered in the Senate, so you will not find this vote listed for your Senators. H.R. 5292 Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016 This legislation was introduced in the House by Reps. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) on May 19, 2016, to streamline the hiring process for controllers and ensure a path for graduates of the Collegiate Training Initiative and military veterans. Keep in mind that this bill was introduced in the last Congress, so freshman members of the 115th Congress were not in office for the duration of this bill and some of the bill's co-sponsors are no longer in office. The bipartisan bill garnered 260 co-sponsors (141 Democrats and 119 Republicans) following last year's NiW, in which NATCAvists urged members of the House to sign on as co-sponsors to the legislation. On July 15, former President Obama signed an FAA extension into law (P.L. 114-190) that included language from H.R. 5292. A companion bill was not offered in the Senate, so you will not find co-sponsors listed for your Senators. KEY LEGISLATIVE VOTES 60

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