Senate Passes 5-Year FAA Reauthorization as Deadline Looms by Jackson Richman, Jacob Burg – US Politics News

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed on May 9 a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sending the bill to the House one day before the deadline when the program is due to lapse.
The final tally was 88-4. While the bill initially passed the House, the Senate amended it, and therefore, the measure will go to the lower congressional chamber, where it is expected to pass overwhelmingly next week before going to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it.
To give the House enough time to pass the measure, the Senate passed a stopgap one-week FAA extension bill that the House passed on May 8, which President Biden is expected to sign….