Regulations and Government
U.S. Senators Urge House To Act on FAA Bill
The Senators warned that the House ATC proposal would not gain consensus in the Senate at the time.

Saying that the effort to create a user-funded independent air traffic control organization is unlikely to win support in the U.S. Senate at this time, Senate Commerce Committee chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) and ranking Democrat Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) are urging their House counterparts to move forward on a comprehensive FAA reauthorization bill without the ATC proposal. In a May 24 letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and ranking Democrat Pete DeFazio (D-Ore.), the senators noted that they believe the Senate-passed reauthorization bill could capture overwhelming House support. “With only six weeks remaining on the legislative calendar before funding for the FAA is set to expire, we urge you to move this bill or a similar companion measure forward in the House of Representatives as quickly as possible,” they said.


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