The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a budget increase for the FAA, averting shutdown, with funds primarily from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.
US House of Representatives Jimmy Panetta, Mike Collins, Mike Kelly, and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen introduced the Aviation Workforce Development Act, a bill to make training at FAA-certified commercial pilot and aircraft maintenance technician schools a qualified expense for existing 529 Plans.
House Republicans continue to elect chairmen of that chamber’s committees of special interest to readers of CAT and MS&T: Transportation and Infrastructure and Armed Services.
The XR Association has worked closely with Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester’s staff to draft H.R. 9674: Immersive Technology for the American Workforce Act of 2022, which was introduced to the House of Representatives in December.