THE U.S. SENATE and U.S. House of Representatives have vastly different views of the future of the FAA. With funding running out soon and a long-term FAA spending plan long overdue, the House in June introduced a proposal that would strip air traffic control out of the FAA and give it to a private nonprofit corporation. A privatization proposal announced by President Donald Trump had included user fees, but the House proposal does not include user fees on general aviation. The Senate bill, released just a day later, leaves ATC intact.
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