Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Amends 49 U.S.C. 47114(d)(4) to allow states to substitute their highway pavement specifications for airfield pavement work at nonprimary airports serving aircraft up to 60,000 pounds gross weight, if the state notifies the FAA and the Secretary determines the specifications do not reduce safety. The Secretary must make that safety determination within 6 months of notice, may extend once by 6 months with written justification, and may authorize additional extensions with notice and justification.
Progressives emphasize federal oversight, safety, and environmental protections.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused substantive amendment that is reasonably specific about eligibility and timing but is limited in procedural and oversight detail.
Amends 49 U.S.C. 47114(d)(4) to allow states to substitute their highway pavement specifications for airfield pavement work at nonprimary airports serving aircraft up to 60,000 pounds gross weight, if the state notifies the FAA and the Secretary determines the specifications do not reduce safety.
The Secretary must make that safety determination within 6 months of notice, may extend once by 6 months with written justification, and may authorize additional extensions with notice and justification.
Small, administrative change with limited fiscal effect and built‑in safety review makes enactment plausible absent external opposition.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused substantive amendment that is reasonably specific about eligibility and timing but is limited in procedural and oversight detail.
Progressives emphasize federal oversight, safety, and environmental protections.
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Progressives emphasize federal oversight, safety, and environmental protections.
Skeptical but conditional.
Support could be possible if federal safety, environmental, labor, and civil rights protections remain intact and are enforced.
Worries center on weakening federal oversight for public airport safety and possible uneven standards across states.
Leans cautiously supportive if safeguards are clear.
Views the bill as a pragmatic measure to reduce costs and speed improvements at small airports, provided the FAA's six-month review is timely and evidence-based.
Generally favorable.
Sees the bill as reducing federal overreach, empowering states, cutting costs, and streamlining infrastructure work at small airports.
Likely to view FAA review timelines as reasonable constraints rather than barriers.
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Small, administrative change with limited fiscal effect and built‑in safety review makes enactment plausible absent external opposition.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize federal oversight, safety, and environmental protections.
Small, administrative change with limited fiscal effect and built‑in safety review makes enactment plausible absent external opposition.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused substantive amendment that is reasonably specific about eligibility and timing but is limited in procedural and oversight detail.
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