H.R. 4042 · 117th Congress

Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2021

Introduced on Jun 22, 2021 by Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4). 89 cosponsors, 25 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 23, 2022): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 484.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jun 22, 2021
Cosponsors
89
25 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To provide for funding from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for all Federal Aviation Administration activities for a certain period in the event of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Appropriations
  • Aviation and airports
  • Department of Transportation
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government trust funds
  • Legislative rules and procedure
  • Transportation programs funding

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Part I, Dec 23, 2022). Public domain.

Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2021

This bill provides continuing appropriations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund if an appropriations bill for the FAA has not been enacted before a fiscal year begins or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the FAA is not in effect.

The bill provides appropriations at the rate of operations that was provided for the prior fiscal year to continue programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Peter A. DeFazioD-OR-4Sponsor

Democrats · 64

Republicans · 25

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 22, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Jun 22, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jun 22, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jun 22, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Jun 23, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  6. Oct 27, 2021 · HouseSubcommittee on Aviation Discharged.
  7. Oct 27, 2021 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  8. Oct 27, 2021 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 58 - 5.
  9. Dec 23, 2022Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-665, Part I.
  10. Dec 23, 2022 · HouseReported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-665, Part I.
  11. Dec 23, 2022Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
  12. Dec 23, 2022 · HouseCommittee on Ways and Means discharged.
  13. Dec 23, 2022 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 484.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $925K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.