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Members of the House of Representatives are grouped by state and 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, 114th, and 115th Congresses, 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. 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- HUD 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 Mil-Con VA 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 cosponsors are no longer in office. The bipartisan bill garnered 260 cosponsors (141 Democrats and 119 Republicans) following last year's NiW, in which NATCAvists urged members of the House to sign on as cosponsors 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 cosponsors listed for your senators. H.R. 4 Rohrabacher/Bass Amendment to FAA Reauthorization Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Karen Bass (D- CA) offered an amendment to the 2018 FAA reauthorization bill to direct the Administrator of the FAA to ensure that all aircraft transitioning from flight over ocean to flight over land "shall fly at a safe altitude." It further stated that such altitude "shall be not be lower than specific flight operations require." After carefully reviewing the amendment language, NATCA recognized the wide range of negative effects this amendment would have on the safety and efficiency of the National Airspace System. In a victory for NATCA, the amendment failed by a vote of 37-375. 210 Republicans and 174 Democrats supported NATCA in rejecting the amendment. A corresponding amendment was not offered in the Senate, so you will not find this vote listed for your senators. H.R. 4 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 The FAA reauthorization bill is the authorizing measure that establishes, continues, and/ or modifies FAA programs and activities. The FAA is operating under its fifth extension to its current authorization, which runs through September 30, 2018. On April 27, 2018, the House passed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 by a vote of 393 to 13. H.R. 4 is a bipartisan bill that authorizes the FAA through F Y 2023, as well as the collection and expenditure of taxes for the Airport and Airways Trust Fund. In order to avoid a lapse in authorization on September 30, the Senate must either take up H.R. 4 or pass its own FAA reauthorization bill, which would have to be "conferenced" with H.R. 4 to resolve any differences before being signed into law by the president. A corresponding amendment was not offered in the Senate, so you will not find this vote listed for your senators. KEY LEGISLATIVE VOTES NiW Today n a t c a . o r g / n i w 56

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