; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Small or medium hub airports In the case of a contract entered into on or after the date of enactment of this subparagraph to operate an airport traffic control tower at a small or medium hub airport, the contract shall require the Secretary, after coordination with the airport sponsor and the entity, State, or subdivision, and not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 , to provide funding sufficient for the cost of wages and benefits of at least 2 air traffic controllers for each tower operating shift. . (c) Priorities for facility selection Section 47124(b)(3)(C) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (viii) Air traffic control towers at airports with safety or operational problems related to the lack of an existing tower. (ix) Air traffic control towers at airports with projected commercial and military increases in aircraft or flight operations. (x) Air traffic control towers at airports with a variety of aircraft operations, including a variety of commercial and military flight operations. . 626. Sense of Congress on use of advanced surveillance in oceanic airspace It is the sense of Congress the FAA shall continue to evaluate the potential uses for space-based automatic dependent surveillance broadcast to improve surveillance coverage of domestic airspace including improving surveillance coverage over remote terrain and in oceanic airspace. If determined appropriate by the Administrator, the FAA shall consider whether additional testing would meaningfully contribute to the FAA’s processes for developing separation standards and more efficient routes. 627. Low-altitude routes for vertical flight (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the national airspace system requires additional rotorcraft, powered-lift aircraft, and low-altitude instrument flight rules, routes leveraging advances in performance based navigation in order to provide direct, safe, and