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Congressional Debate on FAA

Reauthorization Charts New Legislative Path



Updated May 3, 2018

On April 27, 2018, the House passed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 4), a six-year
reauthorization measure that does not include a controversial proposal laid out in an earlier bill, H.R.
2997, to privatize air traffic control. The measure now proceeds to the Senate, where the Commerce,
Science, and Transportation Committee ordered to be reported a four-year Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) reauthorization (S. 1405) that does not address air traffic control privatization.
Despite similarities, there are also differences in the two bills, including the length of authorization,
funding amounts, and other provisions (see Table 1). The current FAA authorization expires on
September 30.
If enacted, H.R. 4 would represent the first long-term FAA reauthorization act since the FAA
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-95) expired at the end of FY2015. Disagreement
regarding air traffic control reforms stalled action on a subsequent long-term FAA bill for almost three
years, leading the 114th Congress to approve a series of extensions, including a one-year extension (P.L.
114-190) that expired at the end of FY2017. The 115th Congress passed a six-month extension (P.L. 115-
63) through the end of March 2018. Subsequently, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (P.L. 115-
141), further extended aviation programs and airport and airway trust fund revenue authority through the
end of FY2018.


                    Table I. FAA Major Account Funding Authorization
                                         ($ millions)
                            FY2018    FY2019    FY2020    FY2021    FY2022    FY2023
      Operations
      H.R. 4                  10,247    10,486    10,732    11,000    11,269    11,537
      S. 1405                 10,123    10,233    10,341    10,453
      Airport Improvement Program
      H.R. 4                   3,350     3,350     3,350     3,350     3,350     3,350

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