{"id":38003,"date":"2015-09-24T09:03:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T13:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/senate-bill-extends-faa-funding-for-six-months\/"},"modified":"2015-09-24T09:03:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T13:03:14","slug":"senate-bill-extends-faa-funding-for-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/senate-bill-extends-faa-funding-for-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate bill extends FAA funding for six months","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
The Senate’s bill to prevent a government shutdown on Oct. 1 would extend federal aviation funding for six months.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The measure, which was released by Senate appropriators on Tuesday, Sept. 22, contains language that would extend the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) funding until March 31, 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The FAA’s previous appropriations measure, which includes funding for air traffic controllers, is set to\u00a0expire on Sept. 30<\/a>, along with funding for most federal government functions.<\/p>\n