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 House-passed version of H.R. 1586, the Aviation Safety and Investment Act of 2010, to reauthorize and revise FAA and its programs through FY2012; and Senate-passed version of...

Examines provisions of House-passed version of H.R. 1586, the Aviation Safety and Investment Act of 2010, to reauthorize and revise FAA and its programs through FY2012; and Senate-passed version of H.R. 1586, to reauthorize and revise FAA and its programs through FY2011. Covers proposed funding authorization levels, budgetary effects determination under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, 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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