FAA Authorization Gets Three-month Extension

The House and Senate have each passed a three-month extension of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization. Program and taxing authorization expired on September 30, 2007 and FAA has been operating under multiple short term extensions ever since.  The long-awaited multi-year FAA bill is close to completion but will not be finalized before the current extension expires on September 30, 2010.  It is likely that the bill will be considered in the lame-duck session of Congress following the November mid-term elections. AGC supports a long-term FAA reauthorization.