Regulations and Government
Congress OKs short-term FAA reauthorization
With another deadline looming in the FAA reauthorization contretemps, Congress last month voted to temporarily authorize funding and spending for FAA progr

With another deadline looming in the FAA reauthorization contretemps, Congress last month voted to temporarily authorize funding and spending for FAA programs, through March 31.

This was the eighth short-term extension since the last long-term FAA  reauthorization act expired on Sept. 30, 2007. The House of Representatives passed a new three-year reauthorization in May, but the Senate did not take similar action before the end of the current session of Congress on December 31, when the previous extension would have expired.