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WASHINGTON - With Congress several months behind schedule on its four-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, and with a short-term authorization due to expire June 30, the House voted 422 to zero Tuesday to okay a new temporary extension until the end of the fiscal year.
The legislation will fund FAA operations and provide Airport Improvement Program contract authority.
Rep. Tom Petri, the highest ranking Republican on the Aviation Subcommittee, called for passage of the bill and urged the Senate to complete its version of a four-year bill so a final agreement could be reconciled with the House version approved in September.
"We need to look at how to meet the growing demands placed on our nation's infrastructure, whether modernizing our antiquated air traffic control system or repairing our crumbling infrastructure," Petri said.
"There is much work yet to be done on the FAA reauthorization bill. I urge our colleagues in the other body to take up a comprehensive FAA reauthorization package so that we may get to conference. We must work in a bipartisan and bicameral fashion to craft legislation that the President can sign," he said.
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