Contact: Dan Hubbard at (202) 783-9360 or dhubbard@nbaa.org
WASHINGTON, DC, September 21, 2007 – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today applauded the Senate Finance Committee for approving the “American Infrastructure and Investment Act,” legislation designed to provide additional funding to modernize the nation’s aviation system.
The legislation was approved by the Finance Committee today as part of Congress’s multi-year “reauthorization,” or funding process for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It provides additional funding for the FAA through sources including an increase in general aviation fuel taxes.
“NBAA commends Senators Baucus and Grassley and the other Finance Committee members for their efforts to modernize the aviation system by building upon proven, reliable and ultra-efficient fuel taxes,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “We agree with the committee that everyone should support the NextGen effort, and that the best way for general aviation to contribute is by ‘paying at the pump.'”
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