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  • H. R. 2751, known as the “Air Traffic Controller Protection Act” or “ATC Protection Act,” requires the Secretary of Transportation to get explicit permission from Congress before they can reduce, replace, or outsource 1 percent or more of the Federal Aviation Administration's...

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    The bill says that if the group in charge of flying airplanes safely (the FAA) wants to make their team smaller or let other people help them, they must ask the people in charge of the country (Congress) first. They can't give the job of guiding airplanes to someone else without permission.