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| August 24, 2009 |
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Continuing the charge of delivering the best-read, most relied upon information in the commercial airline industry, we bring you ATWOnline In-Depth. This Web-only exclusive examines a hot topic that deserves further analysis and reporting. As a subscriber to ATW Daily News, you receive your copy of ATWOnline In-Depth as soon as it is available each month! Reauthorizing FAA: Can US lawmakers succeed in 2009 where they failed the past two years? When members of the US Congress return to Washington in September from their summer recess, one of the items on their agenda will be FAA reauthorization. The agency's latest temporary funding extension expires on Sept. 30, two full years after its authorization officially lapsed, and the pressure will be on for lawmakers finally to pass legislation that will provide FAA with longer-term funding and a concrete mission. But a number of factors once again could derail the effort. The House of Representatives already has passed a reauthorization bill and a proposed Senate bill is working its way through that chamber. But the Senate version is starkly different from the House version, so even if it is passed a House/Senate conference committee will be formed to attempt to reconcile the disparate pieces of legislation into one bill that can be cleared by both houses. [MORE]
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