Number: RL33920
Title: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization: An Overview of Selected Provisions in Proposed Legislation
Authors: Bart Elias, Coordinator, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: The report provides a summary and analysis of major legislative provisions under consideration in the ongoing Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization process. The report is organized into six major program areas: aviation system finance; airport finance; FAA management and organizational issues; system capacity and safety; environmental issues; and miscellaneous programs and provisions. In several cases, provisions that appear in various unrelated sections of proposed legislation have been rearranged in this report in an effort to group and discuss related items in an issue-driven or programmatic context. Since this report is primarily written as a means of communicating key legislative provisions under consideration in the ongoing FAA reauthorization process, it does not go into detail regarding the specific policy issues behind these legislative proposals. CRS has prepared two separate reports that provide discussion of the policy context for the current FAA reauthorization debate.
Pages: 84
Date: October 8, 2008