NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE AVIATION OFFICIALS

AVI · Aviation/Airlines/Airports

Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024; modernizing the Nonprimary Entitlement Program; providing liability protections for all U.S. airports faced with PFAS contamination; review of the Automated Surface Observing Systems and Automated Weather Observing System; reforms to Essential Air Service; address small community air service needs; standards for AAM infrastructure planning; updates to AIP Handbook; robust funding for air traffic technology and infrastructure and controller staffing and training, realignment and modernization of air traffic controller facilities; enable access to higher loan limits for students who are enrolled in Part 141 training programs; stable and reliable funding for FAA, exempting the FAA from government shutdowns

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Stable and consistent funding for the Federal Aviation Administration's activities; funding for Airport Improvement Program and supplemental discretionary grants, PFAS Reimbursement Grant Program, Essential Air Service, Small Community Air Service Development Program, Airport Cooperative Research Program, AAM Infrastructure Pilot Program, Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Program and Drone Education and Workforce Training Grant Program, Block Grant States, air traffic control modernization efforts.