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U.S. Congress Heads into FAA Reauthorization Year

Lawmakers are optimistic that they will get an FAA reauthorization bill passed this year that will span five years and cover AAM, privacy, and workforce.

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By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

February 1, 2023

Aviation will take a higher profile on Capitol Hill this year as the U.S. Congress returns to FAA reauthorization season. But unlike in the past, lawmakers are kicking off the reauthorization debate this year without user fees or air traffic control privatization taking center stage. That does not mean that the user-fee issue—which has been around for decades and remained contentious as well as a stumbling block to passage of past reauthorization bills—will not resurrect this go-around. But for now, lawmakers are optimistic that they will be able to reach an accord and approve a reauthorization bill this year.

A reauthorization bill provides funding levels and operating authority for the FAA and typically serves as a vehicle to address a range of aviation issues. The last such bill was approved in 2018 and authorizes the FAA through the end of Fiscal Year 2023 (September 30).

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