FAA Reauthorization Passes House, Heads to Biden for Signature
The bill included agreeing to hire and train up to 3,000 new air traffic controllers and increasing the length of cockpit voice recordings to 25 hours.
The House voted 387-26 to pass the five-year reauthorization bill. [Credit: Pixabay]
Key Takeaways:
The House and Senate have passed the FAA five-year reauthorization bill, sending it to President Biden and ending a series of short-term extensions.
Key provisions include the hiring of up to 3,000 new air traffic controllers, an increase in cockpit voice recording duration to 25 hours, and the extension of airline travel credit validity to at least five years.
The bill controversially adds new airline slots to Washington Reagan National Airport and was praised by general aviation groups for supporting safety, innovation, workforce development, and sustainability initiatives like unleaded avgas and electric aircraft infrastructure.
The House voted Wednesday to pass the FAA five-year reauthorization bill and sent the legislation along to President Joe Biden for signature ahead of the Friday deadline.
The House vote was 387-26, following last week’s Senate vote of 88-4. Passing the long-term funding bill ended a frustrating chain of four short-term extensions.
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