H.R.658 - FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011

To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. view all titles (11)

All Bill Titles

  • Short: FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 as enacted.
  • Short: FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Short: Volunteer Pilot Protection Act of 2011 as passed senate.
  • Short: Orphan Earmarks Act as passed senate.
  • Short: Dale Long Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act as passed senate.
  • Short: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act as passed senate.
  • Short: Federal Aviation Research and Development Reauthorization Act of 2011 as passed house.
  • Short: Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Reauthorization Act of 2011 as passed house.
  • Short: FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 as passed house.
  • Short: FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 as reported to house.
  • Official: To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. as introduced.

This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.

View All (220)

04/18/12
Shredding the Constitution

This constitutes blatant government suppression of speech. Also in February, Congress passed a $63-billion FAA appropriations bill, H.R. 658, that could result in up to 30,000 unmanned aerial vehicles surveilling the United States by the end of the decade.

Source: American Thinker
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/23/12
ISSUES: Don’t miss the big ones

without trial or lawyer), NDRP (martial law), HR658 (allows drones to fly over the states), HR347 (takes away part of our First Amendment right), the police shooting a drug addict 10 plus times (excessive force?), and so much more. Yes we need ...

Source: Coeur d'Alene Press
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/18/12
Cutback imperils airports' improvements

Before President Barack Obama signed the Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, or H.R. 658, on Feb. 14, the local funding portion of the Norridgewock project was an estimated $57,500. Now it appears it will be a minimum of $172,500. There's no ...

Source: Morning Sentinel
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/18/12
Cutback imperils airports' improvements

Before President Barack Obama signed the Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, or H.R. 658, on Feb. 14, the local funding portion of the Norridgewock project was an estimated $57,500. Now it appears it will be a minimum of $172,500. There's no ...

Source: Morning Sentinel
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/17/12
FAA cut raises funding questions for state airports

Before President Barack Obama signed the Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, or H.R. 658, on Feb. 14, the local funding portion of the Norridgewock project was an estimated $57,500. Now it appears it will be a minimum of $172,500. There's no ...

Source: Kennebec Journal
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/17/12
Eye in the Sky Spying on Americans

Included will be thousands of Big Brother drones watching. On February 3, the FAA Reauthorization Act (HR 658) cleared both houses of Congress after differences between Senate and House versions were resolved. Expect Obama to sign it shortly.

Source: mathaba.net
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/14/12
Major Airport Ousts TSA Screeners Opting for Private Ones

While H.R. 658 does allow airports to apply for permission to substitute private screeners in place of TSA agents, approval is by no means assured. The leigislation reads, in part: (h) Recommendations of Airport Operator- As part of any submission of an ..

Source: New American
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/13/12
Major Airport Ousts TSA Screeners Opting for Private Ones

While H.R. 658 does allow airports to apply for permission to substitute private screeners in place of TSA agents, approval is by no means assured. The leigislation reads, in part: (h) Recommendations of Airport Operator- As part of any submission of an ..

Source: New American
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
03/06/12
United States: This Week In Infrastructure

On February 15, President Barack Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (H.R. 658). The law provides $63.4 billion in FAA funding over four years, including about $11 billion toward modernization the nation's air traffic control system.

Source: Mondaq
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/22/12
HR 658 Accelerates Drone Deployment For Surveillance Of U.S. Citizens: "Skynet" Is Enabled

With that exposed, a more fitting moniker for H.R. 658 might be the "Skynet Surveillance Enabling Act of 2012". According to USA Today, "Drones, perhaps best known for their combat missions in Afghanistan, are increasingly looking to share room in U.S ...

Source: Melodika.net
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/20/12
Crisis and the creeping militarization of American society

One of the over 1,000 sections of H.R. 658 authorizes domestic use of aerial spy drones by the U.S. government. This is but the latest case of the increased militarization of U.S. police forces. Other examples abound. Under Program 1033 ...

Source: Daily Caller
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/19/12
World War Web Advisory #5: SOPA/PIPA/PCIP/S2105 Plus 5 More

With NDAA 2012 in place and EEA in process to control its citizens, and HR 658 enabling DHS WAASS Skynet drones to surveil the skies, America's corporate-controlled Congress now shifts its focus to fast-tracking cyberfascism. Sections 1021 and ...

Source: Salon
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/17/12
Eye in the Sky Spying on Americans

Included will be thousands of Big Brother drones watching. On February 3, the FAA Reauthorization Act (HR 658) cleared both houses of Congress after differences between Senate and House versions were resolved. Expect Obama to sign it shortly.

Source: The People's Voice
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/15/12
OUR OPINION: Air service OK'd; will Delta talk?

Congress, after five years of stalling and partisan gridlock, passed and President Obama has signed a three-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA is the chief regulator of aviation in the United States and the allocator of ..

Source: NE Mississippi Daily Journal
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/15/12
Drones could come to Houston skies

The Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, H.R. 658, was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday — robots are coming to US airspace. These robots or “drones” are of the same caliber as the one ...

Source: College Media Network
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/15/12
President Obama Signs The FAA Modernization And Reform Act Of 2012 (H.R. 658)

February 15, 2012 - On Tuesday President Barack Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (H.R. 658) which will modernize the nation's aviation system. The law will provide $63.4 billion in FAA funding over four years, including about $11 .

Source: avstop.com
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/14/12
Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 588 and H.R. 658

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, the President signed into law: H.R. 588, which redesignates the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge; and H.R. 658, the “FAA Modernization and Re ...

Source: Whitehouse.gov (press release)
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/13/12
Drones over Alaska: UAVs may play big role in developing Arctic

H.R. 658, the FAA reauthorization bill, mandates that the FAA must designate six UAV test ranges in U.S. airspace within about six months. But a special clause, and the one most important to Alaska, will designate portions of airspace from the Aleutian ...

Source: Alaska Dispatch
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/13/12
Eye in the Sky Spying on Americans

Included will be thousands of Big Brother drones watching. On February 3, the FAA Reauthorization Act (HR 658) cleared both houses of Congress after differences between Senate and House versions were resolved. Expect Obama to sign it shortly. It authorizes

Source: Boston IMC
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/13/12
Votes in Congress • Week of Feb. 6

(HR658) Yes • Blunt (R-Mo.), Durbin (D-Ill.) No • McCaskill (D-Mo.) Not voting • Kirk (R-Ill.) Federal Transportation Budget• Senators advanced, 85-11, a bill to authorize federal road, bridge, transit and highway-safety programs through Sept.

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/12/12
Unmanned aerial drones the future of Arctic reconnaissance?

H.R. 658, the FAA reauthorization bill, mandates that the FAA must designate six UAV test ranges in U.S. airspace within about six months. But a special clause, and the one most important to Alaska, will designate portions of airspace from the Aleutian ...

Source: Alaska Dispatch
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/12/12
Unmanned aerial drones the future of Arctic reconnaissance?

H.R. 658, the FAA reauthorization bill, mandates that the FAA must designate six UAV test ranges in U.S. airspace within about six months. But a special clause, and the one most important to Alaska, will designate portions of airspace from the Aleutian ...

Source: Alaska Dispatch
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/12/12
FAA Bill Requires Preservation And Sharing Of Vintage Aircraft Data

February 12, 2012 - Fans of American aviation are celebrating a landmark victory for the preservation and accessibility of historic aircraft data as the recently passed FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act 2012 (HR 658 ...

Source: avstop.com
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/11/12
Last week's votes in Congress

Federal aviation budget. Voting 75 for and 20 against, the Senate on Feb. 6 sent President Obama a bill (HR 658) to authorize federal aviation programs through Sept. 30, 2015, at a cost of $63.3 billion, including $13.4 billion for airport ...

Source: Daily Progress
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/11/12
How your lawmakers voted

A yes vote was to pass the bill. Yes: Kinzinger, Biggert, Hultgren FEDERAL AVIATION BUDGET: Voting 75 for and 20 against, the Senate on Monday sent President Obama a bill (HR 658) to authorize federal aviation programs through Sept. 30, 2015, at a cost of

Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/11/12
The Air Medical Operators Association Commends Congress for Passing Aviation Reauthorization Legisla

The "FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012" (H.R. 658) includes a series of provisions directing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to further improve and update the regulation of our industry. The AMOA has supported inclusion of air medical ...

Source: PR-USA.net
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/11/12
Congress eases air tour restrictions over national parks

Congress approved and sent to President Barack Obama for his signature the Federal Aviation (FAA) Administration Modernization and Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 658). The bill's many provisions include one that would exempt small tour operators (those with

Source: Examiner
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/11/12
Cravaack, staff deserve credit on EAS

Rep. Cravaack was among the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members appointed by the House to work with the Senate on H.R. 658 which will continue funding for the Federal Aviation Administration including funding for Essential Air Service.

Source: Daily Journal
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/11/12
Cravaack, staff deserve credit on EAS

Rep. Cravaack was among the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members appointed by the House to work with the Senate on H.R. 658 which will continue funding for the Federal Aviation Administration including funding for Essential Air Service.

Source: Daily Journal
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
02/11/12
Cravaack, staff deserve credit on EAS

Rep. Cravaack was among the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members appointed by the House to work with the Senate on H.R. 658 which will continue funding for the Federal Aviation Administration including funding for Essential Air Service.

Source: Daily Journal
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate

Vote on This Bill

40% Users Support Bill

25 in favor / 37 opposed
 

Send Your Rep a Letter

about this bill Support Oppose Tracking
Track with MyOC
Save to Notebook Make A Bill Widget

Top-Rated Comments

OpenCongress is a free and open-source project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to increase civic engagement. The non-profit Sunlight Foundation is the Founding and Primary Supporter of OpenCongress.