S. 1939 · 118th Congress

FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024

Introduced on Jun 13, 2023 by Maria Cantwell (D-WA). 3 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 29, 2024): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 335.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jun 13, 2023
Cosponsors
3
2 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

A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accidents
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Aviation and airports
  • Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Consumer affairs
  • Department of Transportation
  • Disability and health-based discrimination
  • Disability assistance
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee performance
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health information and medical records
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Land transfers
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Motor fuels
  • Noise pollution
  • Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
  • Performance measurement
  • Product development and innovation
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Regional and metropolitan planning
  • Research and development
  • Roads and highways
  • Sales and excise taxes
  • Service animals
  • Service industries
  • State and local government operations
  • Technology assessment
  • Telephone and wireless communication
  • Transportation employees
  • Transportation safety and security
  • Travel and tourism
  • User charges and fees
  • Worker safety and health

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Maria CantwellD-WASponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 2

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

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 13, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 13, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  3. Feb 8, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Feb 29, 2024Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. Feb 29, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Feb 29, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 335.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

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. FEDEX CORPORATION18 reports
    $8.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.$407.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. AMERICAN AIRLINES INC.15 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC$8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION15 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  4. EMBRAER AIRCRAFT HOLDING, INC.14 reports
    $660K reported (all issues)
  5. Alaska Airlines, Inc.12 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ALASKA AIRLINES, INC.$4.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. Delta Air Lines, Inc.12 reports
    $6.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.$8.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Airlines for America11 reports
    $810K reported (all issues)
  8. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND11 reports
  9. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES10 reports
    $5.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES INC$12.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL10 reports
    $28.4M reported (all issues)
  11. Aspen/Pitkin County Airport - Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, CO10 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)
  12. Association For Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International10 reports
    $606K reported (all issues)
  13. Jackson Municipal Airport Authority10 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  14. PORT OF PORTLAND10 reports
    $410K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PORT OF PORTLAND$12.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  15. THE BOEING COMPANY10 reports
    $6.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE BOEING COMPANY$9B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  16. Cargo Airline Association9 reports
  17. DJI Technology, Inc.9 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  18. HDR, INC.9 reports
    $810K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HDR, INCAI match · 100%
  19. AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL-NORTH AMERICA8 reports
    $585.7K reported (all issues)
  20. American Civil Liberties Union8 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)
  21. REGIONAL AIRLINE ASSOCIATION8 reports
    $700K reported (all issues)
  22. RTX CORPORATION8 reports
    $13.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RTX CORPORATION$3.9B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  23. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO8 reports
    $990K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.$105.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  24. TRIPADVISOR LLC8 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)
  25. AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC.7 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AIRBUS AMERICAS CUSTOMER SERVICES, INC$179.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  26. Amazon.com Services LLC7 reports
    $17.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$285.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  27. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY7 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY$439.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.7 reports
    $132.2M reported (all issues)
  29. DELTA AIRLINES7 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.$8.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  30. Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc.7 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)
  31. JOBY AERO7 reports
    $540K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: JOBY AERO INCAI match · 100%
  32. JetBlue Airways Corporation7 reports
    Federal contractor: JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION$72.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  33. TEXTRON INC.7 reports
    Federal contractor: TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION$74M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  34. AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $7M reported (all issues)
  35. AUTODESK, INC6 reports
    $660K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AUTODESK, INC.AI match · 100%
  36. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.6 reports
    $2.6M reported (all issues)
  37. DJI Technologies, Inc.6 reports
    $225K reported (all issues)
  38. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION6 reports
    $10.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  39. GEVO, INC.6 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)
  40. GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE, INC.6 reports

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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.