HR 5451 · in committee · significant
Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025
- government reform
What this bill does
- This bill automatically funds the FAA if Congress hasn't passed a budget by the fiscal year start date.
- The bill affects airline operations, airport services, and air traffic control across the United States.
- Funding comes from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund at prior-year spending levels until a regular budget passes or 30 days elapse.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would automatic FAA funding at prior-year spending levels affect airlines' ability to modernize infrastructure during periods of congressional budget delays?
- 02
What trade-offs exist between ensuring continuous air traffic control operations and Congress's traditional authority to set annual spending priorities?
- 03
Which stakeholders—passengers, airports, or taxpayers—would experience the greatest impact if FAA funding relies on last year's budget levels for extended periods?
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Sponsor · D-TN-9
Steve Cohen
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
75/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-09-19
Joining the bill

André Carson
D-IN-7 · original

Dina Titus
D-NV-1

Sylvia R. Garcia
D-TX-29

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
D-GA-4

Christopher R. Deluzio
D-PA-17

Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC

Jared Huffman
D-CA-2

Stephen F. Lynch
D-MA-8

Salud O. Carbajal
D-CA-24

John Garamendi
D-CA-8

Julia Brownley
D-CA-26

Janelle S. Bynum
D-OR-5
+ 63 more
Legislative timeline
2025-09-19 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2025-09-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-09-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-09-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-09-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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