As Deadline Approaches, Senate Votes to Begin Work on FAA Reauthorization Bill

The bill will provide additional funding to the aviation authority after it cleared a second procedural vote on May 2.

An Alaska Airlines flight that experienced a mid-air blow is seen parked on the tarmac in Portland, Ore., on Jan. 23, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

The U.S. Senate held a second procedural vote on May 2 regarding the five-year Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill as the May 10 deadline quickly approaches.

After more than two hours of voting, the motion to proceed with consideration of the bill and to begin work on advancing the bipartisan legislation passed 81–10.