Federal Aviation Administration

====FAA reauthorization and air traffic control reform====
U.S. law requires that the FAA's budget and mandate be reauthorized on a regular basis. On July 18, 2016, President Obama signed a second short-term extension of the FAA authorization, replacing a previous extension that was due to expire that day.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/FAA-reauthorization-signed-into-law |title=FAA reauthorization signed into law: Travel Weekly |website=www.travelweekly.com |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-date=March 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309062820/http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/FAA-reauthorization-signed-into-law |url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2016 extension (set to expire itself in September 2017) left out a provision pushed by Republican House leadership, including [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee]] Chairman [[Bill Shuster]] (R-PA). The provision would have moved authority over [[air traffic control]] from the FAA to a non-profit corporation, as many other nations, such as Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom, have done.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-passes-faa-reauthorization-bill-1468437144 |title=Senate Passes FAA Reauthorization Bill |last1=Carey |first1=Susan |date=July 13, 2016 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=March 8, 2017 |last2=Pasztor |first2=Andy |issn=0099-9660 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=March 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312033940/https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-passes-faa-reauthorization-bill-1468437144 |url-status=live}}</ref> Shuster's bill, the [[Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act]],<ref>{{cite web |title=H.R.4441 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4441 |website=Congress.gov |date=February 11, 2016 |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215061105/https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4441 |url-status=live}}</ref> expired in the House at the end of the 114th Congress.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://cei.org/blog/congress-trump-administration-must-prioritize-air-traffic-control-reform |title=Congress, Trump Administration Must Prioritize Air Traffic Control Reform |date=December 12, 2016 |work=[[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-date=March 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309065521/https://cei.org/blog/congress-trump-administration-must-prioritize-air-traffic-control-reform |url-status=live}}</ref>

The House T&I Committee began the new reauthorization process for the FAA in February 2017. It is expected that the committee will again urge Congress to consider and adopt air traffic control reform as part of the reauthorization package. Shuster has additional support from President Trump, who, in a meeting with aviation industry executives in early 2017 said the U.S. air control system is "....totally out of whack."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.natlawreview.com/article/congressional-hearings-faa-reauthorization-and-automated-vehicles-fta-withholds |title=Congressional Hearings on FAA Reauthorization and Automated Vehicles; FTA Withholds Funding from DC, MD, VA for Missing WMATA Safety Oversight Deadline |work=The National Law Review |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-date=March 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309063542/http://www.natlawreview.com/article/congressional-hearings-faa-reauthorization-and-automated-vehicles-fta-withholds |url-status=live}}</ref>