,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aj1     
#bjbe ,mrs4 ,blackburn introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 to exempt air traffic    
controllers from certain mandatory      
separation requirements1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4  ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,control ,tower    
,continuity ,act4  #b4  ,exemptions from
 mandatory separation for air traffic   
controllers  7a7  ,removal of age       
limitation  7#a7  ,in general  ,section 
#hdbe7;a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended1 in the second        
sentence1 by striking until that        
controller becomes #fa years of age4    
7#b7  ,conforming amendment  ,section   
#hcce7;a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended1 in the second        
sentence1 by striking until that        

controller becomes #fa years of age4    
7#c7  ,effective date  ,the amendments  
made by this subsection shall apply on  
or after #ahj days after the date of    
enactment of this section4  7b7         
,expiration of medical clearance  ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this section1 the          
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration shall update ,,faa     
,order #cicj4c;,c1 titled ,air ,traffic 
,control ,specialist ,health ,program   
and issued on ,june #ag1 #bjai1 or any  
successor regulation1 to require the    
medical clearance for any air traffic   
controllers that are #fa years of age or
 older to expire on the last day of the 
#f-month period following the date of   
examination required to obtain such     
clearance4