US: Senate passes FAA reauthorisation bill
The Senate Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill to extend the mandate of the FAA, 2 days before the agency’s legal authority was set to expire. The House Monday on a voice vote approved the same bill, which will authorise FAA programs at current funding levels through Sept 2017. The legislation, which the Senate passed by a vote of 89-4, now must go to president Barack Obama to be signed into law. The compromise short-term extension includes many of the provisions Senate leaders had pushed for. It also presents a major setback for House GOP leaders by leaving out all references to removing air-traffic control operations from the FAA and placing them in a not-for-profit corporation. Some 4 dozen other nations already have taken that step. <br/>
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US: Senate passes FAA reauthorisation bill
The Senate Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill to extend the mandate of the FAA, 2 days before the agency’s legal authority was set to expire. The House Monday on a voice vote approved the same bill, which will authorise FAA programs at current funding levels through Sept 2017. The legislation, which the Senate passed by a vote of 89-4, now must go to president Barack Obama to be signed into law. The compromise short-term extension includes many of the provisions Senate leaders had pushed for. It also presents a major setback for House GOP leaders by leaving out all references to removing air-traffic control operations from the FAA and placing them in a not-for-profit corporation. Some 4 dozen other nations already have taken that step. <br/>
