Regulations and Government
FAA Bill Shields Registry from Budget Whims
The 2013 shutdown disrupted $1.9 billion in aircraft transactions.

The recently enacted five-year FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 formally shields the FAA's Aircraft Registry Office from the whims of the budgeting process. Tucked within the massive bill, H.R.302, is Section 518, which directs the FAA to designate employees at the Registry in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as “excepted” in the cases of a shutdown or emergency furlough “to ensure that the office remains open for the duration of the lapse in federal government appropriations to the FAA.”


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