Regulations and Government
FAA continues to operate on ‘temporary’ extensions
In late March, Congress approved legislation to extend FAA funding from March 31 until September 30, the end of Fiscal Year 2009.

In late March, Congress approved legislation to extend FAA funding from March 31 until September 30, the end of Fiscal Year 2009. While the extension gives lawmakers more time to work on H.R.915, “The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009,” Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), the ranking Republican on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, blasted Democrats over continued delays in reauthorizing the FAA.

This latest extension was the sixth short-term extension since September 2007, when the previous funding expired. “With this extension, it will be the longest period of time between FAA reauthorization in decades,” Mica said at a hearing focused on the next-generation ATC system. “Today the House passed another Band-aid extension through September 2009.”