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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8703

Introduced

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".

Sponsor
RDan Newhouse· Washington
Introduced
May 7, 2026
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.May 7, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8703 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8703

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''.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 7, 2026

Mr. Newhouse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

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''.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

The air traffic control tower located at Yakima Air Terminal in 
Yakima, Washington, and any successor air traffic control tower at that 
location, shall be known and designated as the ``Roy A. Rutherford Air 
Traffic Control Tower''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the air traffic control tower referred 
to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Roy A. 
Rutherford Air Traffic Control Tower''.
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