House and Senate Vote to Extend FAA Authorization

Congress approved a bill to extend aviation programs and excise taxes through Aug. 1. The short-term extension will give lawmakers another month to attempt to finalize a multi-year FAA reauthorization bill. Both the House and Senate have passed long-term authorization bills but they are very different. An attempt was made to pass a longer term extension to allow time for compromise legislation to be negotiated, but that effort failed. Upon its return Congress will hopefully get to work on resolving the different bills.