Two key transportation committees – one in the House of Representatives and the other in the Senate – recently unveiled legislation that would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration programs and funding for five years.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee introduced its roughly $104 billion bill to reauthorize the FAA, aviation safety, and infrastructure programs for the next five years – H.R. 3935, known as “The Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act” – on June 9 and then subsequently passed it unanimously by a vote of 63-0 on June 14.
“This bipartisan bill is critical to America’s global leadership in aviation, to our economy and millions of jobs, and to making the entire system safer and more efficient for all users and the traveling public,” said Rep. Sam Graves, R-MO, chairman of the House T&I committee, in a statement.
“From the first ever GA [general aviation] title in an FAA reauthorization, to measures broadening the pipeline of future aviation professionals, to the needed investments in the system’s infrastructure and more, this bill will help secure the position of the United States as the gold standard in aviation safety and innovation,” he added. “I appreciate the work of all Committee members in developing this bill and considering it, along with over 100 amendments. I now look forward to moving this bill through the House of Representatives in the coming weeks and getting a reauthorization across the finish line before the current law expires in September.”