The Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act allocates roughly $66.7 billion to go toward FAA operations such as safety programs and the hiring of air traffic controllers.
for another five years, overcoming the two-thirds majority threshold needed to pass the House. The legislation was brought to the floor under a suspension of rules, raising the minimum vote threshold needed in order to expedite its passage.caused by senators
The renewal comes as good news to more than 3,000 federal employees who would have been furloughed had the measure expired after the deadline of midnight on Friday. The FAA was initially scheduled to expire last week but lawmakers passed a temporary extension last week to buy time to hammer out a final deal.
The bill would also include measures that would prohibit additional fees for families to select connecting seats in the same rows. It would also require clear standards for refunds and reimbursement when flights are delayed or canceled. “Every member would love a direct flight home to their local airport. But if you tell them that, A) They might not be getting that direct flight anyway, B) They might be losing direct flights to nearby airports as a result of the shifting around and see their safety out of Reagan might be diminishing, and their potential for delays might be increasing — I do get kind of a concerned reaction from most of my colleagues,” Rep.
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