CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

To designate the facility of the Federal Aviation Administration located at Yakima Air Terminal in Yakima, Washington, as the "Roy A. Rutherford Air Traffic Control Tower".

H.R. 8703 · House bill Transportation and Public Works

A Republican bill with no cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill seeks to rename a specific Federal Aviation Administration facility. It designates the air traffic control tower located at the Yakima Air Terminal in Yakima, Washington, as the "Roy A. Rutherford Air Traffic Control Tower." The designation also applies to any successor tower at that same location. Additionally, the bill ensures that any existing federal records, such as laws, maps, or regulations, will recognize this new name.

Yes

  • Scored +1

    Would people in rural areas be better off under this?

    The bill provides formal recognition to a specific infrastructure facility located in Yakima, Washington.

  • Scored +1

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    The bill updates federal records and maps to ensure consistency with the new facility designation.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.