The House of Representatives voted Feb. 29, 2024, to extend the FAA’s funding authority, making it the third extension in recent months for the reauthorization bill.
According to a report in The Hill, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024 extends the FAA’s funding authorities until May 10, 2024, to give lawmakers more time to hammer out a long-term reauthorization of the FAA.
It must now go to the Senate for a vote, then to President Biden’s desk for his signature.
The agency’s funding authority was slated to expire on March 8 under a temporary extension passed by Congress in December. The FAA’s last five-year authorization expired at the end of fiscal 2023, on Sept. 30.
While the House passed its full reauthorization bill in July 2023, the Senate “has yet to pass its own version of the bill amid disagreement about the language regarding pilot training requirements,” according to the report.
There has been some progress. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has advanced its five-year FAA reauthorization bill, but it has not been considered by the full Senate.
Once that happens, then lawmakers in both the House and Senate must work out the differences between the two bills.
Read the full report from The Hill here.