FAA Aircraft Lead

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Lead

Congressional Committees | Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Congressional Committees (html) | Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). From Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) to FAA (html) | Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Still living in the Past. These committees have jurisdiction over proposed legislation related to transportation and the FAA, including the FAA Reauthorization.

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation – U.S. Congress

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation (html).

Aviation. The Subcommittee on Aviation has jurisdiction over all aspects of civil aviation, including safety, infrastructure, labor, and international issues. Within this scope of responsibilities, the Subcommittee has jurisdiction over the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a modal administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). This jurisdiction covers all programs within the FAA as well as aviation programs of the USDOT with respect to economic regulation of air carriers and passenger airline service. In addition, the Subcommittee has jurisdiction over commercial space transportation, the National Mediation Board (NMB), and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Issues within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Aviation include:

  • Air traffic control modernization
  • Air traffic management
  • Certification of aircraft and equipment
  • UAS traffic management
  • Counter-UAS authorization, systems, and technology
  • Airport capacity and infrastructure
  • Airport Improvement Program grants
  • Airspace matters
  • Airline competition and antitrust issues
  • Aviation safety
  • Aviation security (issues that affect commerce and safety)
  • Commercial aviation and air carrier operations (both passenger and cargo)
  • Commercial space transportation and tourism
  • Airline consumer protection and service
  • Environmental requirements
  • Essential Air Service and other small-community air service programs
  • General aviation
  • Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and other new aircraft
  • International aviation
  • National Mediation Board
  • National Transportation Safety Board
  • War risk insurance
  • Use of navigable airspace

Chairman, Rick Larsen – WA 02

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation  | Democrats

* Vice Chair

Ranking Member, Garret Graves LA 06

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation | Republicans

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation (html)

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is composed of 28 Senators and led by Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Ranking Member Roger Wicker, R-Miss.

Under their leadership, the committee is composed of seven subcommittees, which together oversee for the vast range of issues under its jurisdiction. These issues range from communications, highways, aviation, rail, shipping, transportation security, merchant marine, the Coast Guard, oceans, fisheries, weather, disasters, science, space, interstate commerce, tourism, consumer issues, economic development, technology, competitiveness, product safety, and insurance.

Subcommittees

Location of Committee Offices

  • Democratic Main Office – Russell Senate Office Building 254
  • Republican Main Office – Dirksen Senate Office Building 512

Contact Information for the Committee:

Full Committee Office 
Democratic: tel:202-224-0411
Republican: tel:202-224-1251

Press Office 
Democratic: tel:202-224-0411
Republican: tel:202-224-1251

Majority Members

Minority Members

The U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure

The U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure (html) Democrats.

The Committee has jurisdiction over all modes of transportation – our aviation system, highways and bridges, transit and rail transportation, pipelines, and maritime and waterborne transportation. The Committee also has jurisdiction over wastewater infrastructure, the Nation’s emergency preparedness and response programs, public buildings and federal real estate management, federal economic development agencies, and one of America’s five Armed Forces: the U.S. Coast Guard | Enlist.

Infrastructure Is Calling. Americans are tired of potholes. They are tired of wasting hours of their day on congested highways. They’re tired of failing sewer systems, lead pipes, crumbling bridges, infrequent and unreliable bus service, and slow-moving trains.

Peter A. DeFazio, Chairman

The U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure | Democratic Members

* Full Committee Vice Chair

The U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure | Republican Members

Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (html) | Republicans

U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

Membership | About | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development. The committee has complete jurisdiction over the following federal agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) | The White House.

2321 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: tel:202-225-6375

For press inquires, contact Catherine Anderson at Catherine.Anderson@mail.house.gov, Hannah Robinson at Hannah.Robinson@mail.house.gov.

Subcommittees

SUBCOMMITTEES

Members

Reference

References and Further reading.