Also tagged in: Aerial photography, Aeronautics, Aerosol propellants, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Air traffic, Aircraft noise, Asteroids, Astronautical accidents, Astronautical research, Astronautics, Astronauts, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Authorization, Aviation safety, Awards, medals, prizes, Budgets, Business, Climate, Climate change, Commemorations, Commercial aircraft, Computer networks, Computer security measures, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Congressional tributes, Cost accounting, Cost control, Earth resources satellites, Earth sciences, Emergency management, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Environmental protection, Environmental research, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export controls, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Flight training, Foreign policy, Governmental investigations, Greenhouse gases, Health policy, Health surveys, Higher education, Information technology, Inspectors general, Intellectual property, International affairs, International cooperation in astronautics, Interplanetary flight, Inventions, Inventors, Job training, Laboratories, Launch vehicles, Medical care, Medicine, Meteorological research, Meteorology, Moon, Names, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Natural resources, Nitrogen oxides, Noise, Noise control, Occupational health and safety, Planets, Politics and government, Radar, Radioisotopes, Remote sensing, Rescue work, Research and development, Research centers, Risk, Robots, Science policy, Scientific education, Security measures, Solar energy, Solar system, Sonic boom, Space activities, Space commercialization, Space exploration, Space flight, Space probes, Space programs, Space propulsion, Space sciences, Space shuttles, Space stations, Spacecraft, Standards, Surveys, Teacher education, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Trade, Weather forecasting
Latest Action: 10/15/2008 - Became Public Law No: 110-422. Bill TextTo authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes. 10/15/2008--Public Law. (There are 2 other summaries) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008 - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2009 - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for FY2009 for: (1) science; (2) aeronautics; (3) exploration; (4) education; (5) space operations; (6) cross-agency support programs; and (7) the inspector general. Title II: Earth Science - (Sec. 201) Declares that the goal for NASA's Earth Science program shall be to pursue a program of Earth observations, research, and applications activities to better understand Earth, how it supports life, and how human activities affect its ability to do so in the future. Directs NASA, together with the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Baucus. With written report No. 110-228. Additional views filed. Bill TextAn original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to extend the financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 11/13/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Title I: Airport And Airway Trust Fund Provisions And Related Taxes - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through FY2011 the excise taxes on aviation fuels and the transportation of persons and property by air.(Sec. 102) Extends through FY2011 the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.(Sec. 103) Imposes an excise tax on aviation-grade kerosene of 35.9 cents per gallon (4.3 cents per gallon for fuel used in commercial aviation). (Sec. 104) Increases to $16.[...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - For Further Action See H.R.2881. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 9/19/2007--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to (1) impose an excise tax on aviation-grade kerosene of 35.9 cents per gallon (4.3 cents per gallon for commercial aviation uses); (2) increase to 24.1 cents per gallon the tax rate for aviation gasoline; and (3) extend through FY2011 the excise tax on the transportation by air of persons and property and the excise tax on aviation gasoline and aviation-grade kerosene. Extends through FY2011 the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. Dedicates revenues from the taxes imposed on aviation gasoline and aviation-grade kerosene to carry out air traffic control modernization.
Also tagged in: Access to airports, Accident insurance, Administrative fees, Age and employment, Aged, Agriculture, AIDS (Disease), Air traffic, Air travel, Aircraft pilots, Airline employees, Airline passenger traffic, Airports, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alien labor, Apartment houses, Appropriations, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Architecture and the disabled, Armed forces, Authorization, Aviation accidents, Aviation safety, Avionics, Block grants, Boundaries, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Buy American, California, Capital investments, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Coal, Colonias, Community development, Condominium (Housing), Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Cooperative housing, Cost accounting, Criminal justice, Defense policy, Delaware, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, Disabled, District of Columbia, Education, Electronic government information, Eminent domain, Employee rights, Energy, Energy conservation, Environmental protection, Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Fair housing, Families, Federal aid to housing, Federal aid to transportation, Federal employees, Federal home loan banks, Federal Maritime Commission, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Flight training, Fraud, Government contractors, Government corporations, Government employees, Government information, Government National Mortgage Association, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Government securities, Government travel, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Higher education, Highway finance, Home equity conversion, Home ownership, Homeless, Housing, Housing authorities, Housing finance, Housing for the aged, Housing for the disabled, Housing management, Housing subsidies, Illegal aliens, Illinois, Immigration, Income tax, Indian housing, Indians, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Inspectors general, Interstate highway system, Iowa, Job training, Labor, Landlord and tenant, Latin America, Law, Lead, Leases, Legal services, Liability (Law), Lighting, Local laws, Low-income housing, Lumber trade, Marine resources, Marine transportation, Maryland, Mass rapid transit, Medical care, Medicine, Methane, Metropolitan areas, Mexico, Military personnel, Minorities, Mississippi, Mortgage banks, Mortgage guaranty insurance, Mortgage interest rates, Motor buses, Motor vehicle registration, Motor vehicle safety, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), National Transportation Safety Board, Natural resources, Navigational aids (Aeronautics), Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Nonprofit organizations, North Carolina, Pedestrians, Pennsylvania, Physical examinations, Pipelines, Policy sciences, Politics and government, Prosecution, Public contracts, Public housing, Public utility rates, Radar, Railroad commuting traffic, Railroad engineering, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Railroad safety, Railroads, Recycling of waste products, Refuse and refuse disposal, Relocation, Rental housing, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Rescission of appropriated funds, Research and development facilities, Residential rehabilitation, Retirement age, Right of privacy, Road construction, Rural affairs, Safety measures, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Salaries, Science policy, Secondary mortgage market, Social services, Solid wastes, State and local government, Stocks, Student aid, Students, Subsidies, Subways, Tax evasion, Tax returns, Taxation, Technological innovations, Technology, Terminals (Transportation), Terrorism, Texas, Toll roads, Trade, Transfer of employees, Transportation, Transportation engineering, Transportation of hazardous substances, Transportation research, Transportation safety, Travel costs, Trucking, Trucks, Tunnels, Urban affairs, Urban transportation, User charges, Veterans, Veterans' employment, Waste in government spending, Weather forecasting, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Wheat
Latest Action: 11/14/2007 - On motion to recommit to conference committee Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 231 (Roll no. 1101). (consideration: CR H13903) Bill TextMaking appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 9/12/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Transportation, including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) the Federal Highway Administration; (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Maritime Administration; (10) the Pipeline and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Air traffic, Collective bargaining, Department of Transportation, Employee-management relations in government, Executive departments, Federal employees, Government employees, Law, Mediation, Personnel management, Transportation
Latest Action: 06/28/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to improve dispute resolution provisions related to the Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system. 6/28/2007--Introduced. Provides that, with respect to disputes arising after July 10, 2005, between the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its employees in attempting to reach an agreement concerning the implementation of proposed changes to the FAA personnel management system: (1) the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) shall be used; (2) the Administrator and employees may by mutual agreement adopt procedures for the resolution of disputes or impasses arising in the negotiation of a collective-bargaining agreement; and (3) if the services of the FMCS have led to an impasse between the FAA and its employees in reaching an agreement with respect to implementing the proposed changes, the FAA Administrator and employees shall submit their controversy to the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 383. Bill TextTo amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. 9/20/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Title I: Authorizations - Subtitle A: Funding of FAA Programs - (Sec. 101) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011 for: (1) airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning programs; (2) air navigation facilities and equipment; (3) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations; and (4) FAA research, engineering, and development. Authorizes additional authorizations of appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury for aviation programs through FY2011. Subtitle B: Passenger Facility Charges - (Sec. 111) Amends the airport improvement program (AIP) [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Bill TextTo amend title 49, United States Code, to suspend the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for the consolidation, deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or colocation of, any air traffic control facility and services of the Administration. 5/22/2007--Introduced. Federal Aviation Administration Facility Consolidation Moratorium Act of 2007 - Suspends the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to realign FAA air traffic control facilities and services until January 1, 2009.
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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-144. Bill TextA bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to modernize the air traffic control system, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Aviation Investment and Modernization Act of 2007 - Title I: Authorizations and Financing - (Sec. 101) Amends federal transportation law to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2011 for: (1) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations; (2) FAA air navigation facilities and equipment; (3) civil aviation research and development (R&D); (4) airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning programs; (5) certain other aviation programs; and (6) administrative expenses for certain airport programs. (Sec. 106) Directs the FAA to impose, with specified exceptions, a surcharge of $25 per flight [...] show full description
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