The search for a new Federal Aviation Administration authorization is heating up, with House and Senate committee approvals of multi-year House and Senate bills. Both measures call for increases in FAA infrastructure grants but differ sharply on how they deal with the air traffic control system.

The six-year Houseversion, which Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) introduced, would spin off FAA’s ATC operations into a nonfederal nonprofit entity. The committee approved the measure on June 27 by a 32-25 vote.

参议院商务委员会主席约翰·图恩（John Thune）（R-S.D。）和小组排名的民主党人比尔·尼尔森（Bill Nelson）（佛罗里达州）的参议院版本将离开ATC在FAA内。[参议院法案summary.] The commerce committee cleared the bill on June 29 by a voice vote.

这两项账单都会加息FAA的机场改进计划基础设施赠款，从今年的33.5亿美元拨款中拨款。Thune-Nelson版本在2021年将AIP提高到37.5亿美元。其四年中的年度AIP平均值为36.5亿美元，比今年的水平增长了9％。

舒斯特（Shuster）的版本还逐渐增加AIP的年度增长，在2023年提案的最后一年中，最高为38.2亿美元。其年平均水平为36.2亿美元，比2017年增长8％。

Brian Deery, senior director of the Associated General Contractors of America's highway and transportation division, says, "That funding level has been flat for so long, that any increase is welcome." He adds, "Airport runway needs continue to grow and at least this is a step in the right direction."

2016 FAA报告2017年至2021年期间，有资格获得A新利18备用网址IP赠款的项目的估计需求为320亿美元。released一项新利18备用研究表明，目前的AIP资金只能满足机场年度需求的一半，这些需求有资格获得AIP美元。

FAA措施均未增加当前的4.50美元乘客设施费用，这是机场基础设施项目的另一个重要收入来源。新利18备用网址

The PFC freeze is a setback for airport officials, who have been pushing Congress for years to remove the limit on the fee, which has remained at $4.50 since 2000.

机场委员会国际北美总裁兼首席执行官凯文·伯克（Kevin M.statement舒斯特·比尔（Shuster Bill）“错过了一个重要的机会来应对机场基础设施老化的真正挑战，并提高机场为乘客和社区服务的能力。”

Lawmakers must act on an FAA bill by Sept. 30, when a current stopgap expires.

故事于2017年6月30日更新，并通过委员会投票。