The Senate on Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill to extend the mandate of the Federal Aviation Administration, two days before the agency’s legal authority was set to expire.
The House on Monday on a voice vote approved the same bill, which will authorize FAA programs at current funding levels through September 2017. The legislation, which the Senate passed by a vote of 89-4, now must go to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.
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