Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization : An Overview of Legislative Action in the 111th Congress

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Examines provisions of H.R. 915, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009, to reauthorize and revise FAA and its programs through FY2012; and of S. 1451, the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Saf...

Examines provisions of H.R. 915, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009, to reauthorize and revise FAA and its programs through FY2012; and of S. 1451, the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, to reauthorize and revise FAA and its programs through FY2011. Covers proposed funding authorization levels, aviation system finance, airport financing, spending guarantee mechanisms, FAA management and organizational issues, system capacity and safety, environmental and energy issues, airline industry issues, and airline passenger rights issues.

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