Regulations and Government
FAA reauthorization plan could be decided this month
The House aviation subcommittee held a hearing last month on an FAA reauthorization bill that is essentially a reintroduction of the “FAA Reauthorization A

The House aviation subcommittee held a hearing last month on an FAA reauthorization bill that is essentially a reintroduction of the “FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007,” which the full House of Representatives approved in September 2007. That legislation died at the end of last year because the Senate never followed through with its FAA reauthorization proposals.

Now titled the “FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009,” H.R.915 provides historic levels of funding (more than $70 billion) for the FAA’s programs, including $16.2 billion for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP); nearly $13.4 billion for facilities and equipment; $1.35 billion for research, engineering and development; and $38.9 billion for FAA operations through 2012.

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