House Approves 1-Week Extension for FAA Reauthorization by Jacob Burg – US Politics News

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on May 8 to extend the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill, as Congress’s previous May 10 deadline was quickly approaching.
The House convened to consider a seven-day extension to the FAA reauthorization bill as the Senate races against the clock to pass its version of the long-awaited piece of legislation. After a minimum of two-thirds of the present members voted affirmatively, the new deadline for reauthorizing the FAA is May 17.
The bill, which now sits in the Senate’s lap, seeks to bolster aviation safety standards and consumer protections after the FAA recently experienced multiple near-runway collisions at several major airports due to air traffic control miscommunications. The bill also addresses the FAA’s hiring shortages and risk assessment with air traffic control but left out an early proposal to raise the commercial pilot retirement age from 65 to 67….