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Federal Aviation Administration: Issues Concerning the Reauthorization of Aviation Programs

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Jan. 20, 1999
Report No. T-RCED-99-68
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Summary:

The Senate last year passed legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) programs for a two-year period. The Senate bill included provisions to enhance competition and service in the aviation industry and to improve aviation safety, security, and system capacity. However, the House did not pass similar legislation, and Congress instead passed a six-month authorization that expires in March 1999. Over the years, GAO has done significant work in several areas covered in proposed legislation recently introduced in the Senate--aviation competition, FAA's air traffic control modernization program, FAA's efforts to ready its computer systems for the year 2000, Airport Improvement Program funding, and aviation safety and security. This testimony provides GAO's views on these issues, which Congress may wish to consider in drafting new reauthorization legislation.

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