April 27, 2018

Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, announced passage of H.R. 4; the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018. This five year, bipartisan legislation authorizes the programs and policies of the FAA. Rep. Titus, an original sponsor of the legislation, released the following statement:

“This important legislation is the result of years of hard work,” said Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District, and a member of the House Aviation Subcommittee. “The FAA Reauthorization contains a number of provisions that are critical for our economy including language I championed to extend the authorization of Nevada’s Unmanned Aircraft System Test Range for an additional six years. This extension will allow the Nevada UAS Test Range to complete the important research being carried out in conjunction with the FAA and NASA on a low-altitude unmanned air traffic management system which is vital to UAS commercial operations. The bill also includes my amendment to help large airports, like Las Vegas’s McCarran, advance important infrastructure projects and address our crumbling airport infrastructure. As the Ranking Member of the Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee I’m pleased to see this bill encompasses the bipartisan Disaster Recovery and Reform Act (DRRA). DRRA contains commonsense, bipartisan reforms to help our communities not only respond to ever-worsening disasters caused by climate change, but prepare for them as well.  As the devastating hurricanes and wildfires that impacted millions of Americans from the U.S. Virgin Islands to California have demonstrated, disasters are growing more violent and costly.  We must prioritize pre-mitigation activities to make our communities more resilient and better-prepared for the next storm, fire, flood, and earthquake.”