Regulations and Government
Pro-aviation legislators fight for GA relief bill
Supporters of federal government reparations for general aviation small businesses have vowed to continue their fight to compensate those companies victimi

Supporters of federal government reparations for general aviation small businesses have vowed to continue their fight to compensate those companies victimized by the events of last September.

Although the Senate passed a $31.4 billion supplemental appropriations bill early last month, it failed to adopt two amendments that would have provided relief for GA small businesses. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who introduced a version of the House’s General Aviation Industry Reparations Act in the Senate, tried unsuccessfully to have his measure included in the supplemental spending legislation that provides emergency funds for the nation’s war on terrorism.