Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act

This bill would require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to buy and install certified Airborne Position Reference Tools within 1 year at contract air traffic control towers that do not have Standard Terminal Automation Replacement Systems (STARS) or other situational awareness tools. It would also require the Secretary of Transportation to buy, install, and maintain a STARS or equivalent system at those contract towers within 1 year. The bill would require a training program, set up with contract tower operators, to periodically train their air traffic controllers on this equipment. It would also require reimbursement to airport sponsors or towers that bought such systems on their own before the federal installation, and it would allow FAA facilities and equipment funds to pay for these tools.

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Sponsors

• Tim Sheehy Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors