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The bill preserves FAA operations and employee pay during funding lapses by using a dedicated aviation fund—protecting safety and continuity in the short term—while raising risks to an insurance fund balance, weakening congressional appropriations leverage, and creating legal and project-delivery uncertainties for aviation stakeholders.
Air travelers and the public benefit because FAA safety and operations (including air-traffic services) can continue during an appropriations lapse, reducing risks of delays and airspace safety gaps.
FAA employees (including air traffic controllers) keep getting paid during an appropriations lapse because the Administrator must prioritize Air Traffic Organization compensation, maintaining workforce stability and service continuity.
Taxpayers benefit from use of a predefined Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund rather than ad-hoc emergency borrowing, providing clearer accounting and a dedicated source for lapse-period spending.
Airlines, DOT, taxpayers, and federal aviation stakeholders face legal and regulatory uncertainty because deletion of the statutory subsection removes existing provisions without replacement, creating ambiguity about war-risk insurance rules and likely increasing compliance and adjustment costs.
Taxpayers and national aviation security could be exposed if tapping the Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund reduces its balance and limits its capacity to insure or respond to aviation financial risks when the fund approaches statutory thresholds.
Congressional oversight and appropriations leverage are weakened because the FAA is authorized to spend certain amounts during a lapse without new appropriations, reducing legislative control over priorities and spending choices.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Allows FAA to use Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund amounts above $1 billion to continue FAA programs and loans during funding lapses and deletes a subsection of the war-risk insurance statute.
Introduced November 18, 2025 by Samuel Graves · Last progress November 18, 2025
Allows the FAA Administrator to tap amounts above $1,000,000,000 in the Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund to keep FAA programs, projects, and loan/loan-guarantee costs operating during a lapse in appropriations or absence of a continuing resolution, while protecting a $1 billion reserve and requiring priority be given to Air Traffic Organization employee pay if funds are limited. Also removes a subsection of the federal war-risk aviation insurance statute, changing the statutory text for non-premium war risk insurance provisions.