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FAA Halting some operations: U.S. House Stops Voting for Week With No Action to Keep FAA Operating
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U.S. House Stops Voting for Week With No Action to Keep FAA Operating

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will halt some operations at midnight after the House of Representatives and Senate adjourned today without agreeing on legislation to extend the agency’s authority.

The disagreement means the FAA has to furlough as many as 4,000 workers tomorrow and stop collecting about $200 million a week in airplane-ticket and other taxes until it is resolved, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said yesterday. Air- traffic controllers, considered essential employees, would remain on the job.

The agency has been without long-term funding legislation since 2007 and has operated on a series of short-term extensions, the most recent of which expires at midnight.

“States and airports won’t be able to work on their construction projects, and too many people will have to go without a paycheck,” LaHood said in an e-mailed statement today. The House and Senate will reconvene June 25.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-22/u-s-house-stops-voting-for-week-with-no-action-to-keep-faa-operating.html
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