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FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
This bill reauthorizes and extends the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and associated programs through FY2023 at increased levels.
The Department of Transportation's (DOT's) State block grant program is expanded.
The Air Traffic Control Contract Program is modified.
Grant authority for competitive land use planning and projects by state and local governments is extended.
Various requirements are imposed on the FAA, including those for: (1) conducting a review of the relationship between aircraft noise exposure and its effects on communities around airports; (2) establishing a Safety Oversight and Certification Advisory Committee; and (3) convening a multidisciplinary expert review panel to conduct a survey of Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) holders and ODA program applicants to document and assess FAA certification and oversight activities.
The General Accountability Office shall conduct a review to assess the workforce and training needs of the FAA Office of Aviation Safety in the anticipated budgetary environment.
Safety provisions are outlined, which include safety critical staffing provisions, as well as air service improvement provisions, which include a cell phone voice communication ban. Provisions with regard to aviation consumers with disabilities are also outlined.
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is amended with respect to wild fire prevention, eligibility for code implementation and enforcement, and program improvements.
FAA Leadership in Groundbreaking High-Tech Research and Development Act or the FLIGHT R&D Act
Appropriations are authorized with respect to various research and development (R&D) related matters including Safety Research and Development programs.
FAA shall appoint an Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
Provisions are set forth regarding unmanned aircraft systems, cybersecurity, and FAA R&D activities.
The Internal Revenue Code is amended with regard to: (1) expenditure authority from the airport and airway trust fund; and (2) extension of taxes funding such trust fund.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4 as introduced in House on Apr 13, 2018. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Apr 26, 2018Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveApr 27, 2018
House Apr 27, 2018 · the primary vote
FAA Reauthorization Act
Passed
393 Yea 13 Nay 22 not voting
Crossed both parties 13 of 406 voting members broke with their own party: 6 Democrats, 7 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
428 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4 and vote against it. 14 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 4 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
674 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.