FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
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FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
This act reauthorizes through FY2028 and revises Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) programs and activities.
TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS
(Sec. 101) This section reauthorizes through FY2028 the FAA's airport planning and development and airport noise compatibility planning and programs.
(Sec. 102) This section reauthorizes through FY2028 the FAA's facilities and equipment.
(Sec. 103) This section reauthorizes through FY2028 the FAA's operations.
(Sec. 104) This section reauthorizes through FY2028 (1) an extension of the non-premium war risk insurance program; (2) Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau discretionary funds; (3) aviation weather reporting programs; (4) Midway Island Airport funding; and (5) the Safety Oversight and Certification Advisory Committee.
TITLE II--FAA OVERSIGHT AND ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM
(Sec. 201) This section establishes the leadership structure of the FAA, which includes the Administrator and the Deputy Administrator.
(Sec. 202) This section establishes a new FAA Assistant Administrator for Rulemaking and Regulatory Improvement and specifies various duties for the assistant administrator.
(Sec. 203) This section prohibits the FAA Administrator and Deputy Administrator from holding a financial interest (e.g., ownership, equity, or security interest) in an aeronautical enterprise or engaging in another business, vocation, or employment. This section also specifies that the prohibition against holding a financial interest in aeronautical enterprises does not apply to index funds. Further, the Deputy Administrator must receive prior approval from the Administrator to receive compensation for teaching.
(Sec. 204) This section establishes the authorities of the FAA relating to those of the Department of Transportation (DOT). This includes the final authority for carrying out all functions, powers, and duties for the acquisition, establishment, improvement, operation, maintenance, security (including cybersecurity), and disposal of FAA property, facilities, services, and equipment, including all elements of FAA-owned air traffic control systems.
This section also specifies the FAA's rulemaking approval procedures.
(Sec. 205) This section directs the FAA to establish a regulatory process review team to develop recommendations to improve the timeliness, performance, and accountability of the development and promulgation of regulatory materials. The review team must submit a report to the FAA, and the FAA must develop an action plan to implement the review team’s recommendations.
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Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Public Law" stage on May 16, 2024. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill has been enacted. It is law.
The record's latest action, on May 16, 2024: Became Public Law No: 118-63.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
SAM GRAVES (R-MO) introduced it on June 9, 2023, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 2 Democrats, 1 Republican.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
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Vote history
- HousePassed
- SenatePassed
- PresidentSigned into law