Government Advocacy
112th Congress — First Session
- December 22, 2011 - Wins for GA in appropriations bill
- December 9, 2011 - LightSquared investors get SEC warning
- December 2, 2011 - BARR is back: Privacy rights restored
- November 18, 2011 - Pilot’s Bill of Rights reaches milestone
- November 18, 2011 - President signs $12.5 billion FAA appropriations bill
- November 10, 2011 - FCC urged to squelch LightSquared's spectrum
- November 3, 2011 - Senators take GA's case to White House
- October 28, 2011 - Aviation groups: Costly proposals won't work
- October 24, 2011 - Proposed $100 user fee an 'arbitrary number'
- October 19, 2011 - Harrison Ford, senators work to boost GA image
- October 6, 2011 - User fees ‘devastating’ to aviation
- October 6, 2011 - No traction for user fees in Senate
- October 5, 2011 - GA 'watchdog' won't seek re-election
- October 5, 2011 - Deficit-cutting panel urged to reject user fees
- September 28, 2011 - Was LightSquared waiver a political prize?
- September 22, 2011 - Senators urge FAA, EPA restraint on leaded-avgas rules
- September 19, 2011 - Associations gird to resist aviation user fees
- September 16, 2011 - LightSquared media tactics trigger firestorm
- September 15, 2011 - Congress approves four-month FAA extension
- September 13, 2011 - Bill to restore BARR provisions introduced
- August 16, 2011 - DOT, EPA urged to intervene in avgas case
- August 4, 2011 - Congress passes temporary FAA reauthorization
- July 21, 2011 - Update: FAA shuts down, flight ops unaffected
- July 21, 2011 - User fees proposal lurks in debt-reduction talks
- July 19, 2011 - House GA Caucus to leadership: No tax hike on GA aircraft
- July 19, 2011 - Don’t fund bureaucracy on the backs of GA, groups urge
- July 13, 2011 - House members: DOT should defer changing BARR
- July 7, 2011 - Inhofe proposes pilots bill of rights
- June 29, 2011 - Fuller, Rep. Bass to FCC: Vet LightSquared proposal
- June 20, 2011 - Bill directs USDA to join GPS fight
- June 15, 2011 - AOPA works with House GA Caucus to protect GPS
- June 8, 2011 - FCC ‘recklessly fast-tracked’ LightSquared waiver
- May 23, 2011 - AOPA successfully rallies senators to protect GPS
- May 18, 2011 - Avgas research funding support urged
- May 16, 2011 - GA groups ask Congress to support flight-tracking privacy
- April 6, 2011 - GA caucuses gain strength in new Congress
- April 1, 2011 - House passes FAA reauthorization bill
- March 30, 2011 - FAA operating authority extended through May
- March 1, 2011 - House passes penalties for aiming lasers at aircraft
- February 17, 2011 - AOPA, GA associations host House GA Caucus reception
- February 14, 2011 - NextGen and AIP funding, but no user fees, in President’s new budget
- February 9, 2011 - Senate Finance Committee moves FAA reauthorization bill
- February 8, 2011 - Fuller talks priorities at hearing on FAA reauthorization
- January 28, 2011 - Senate to take up FAA reauthorization bill
- January 27, 2011 - House committee makes long-term FAA funding a priority
- January 25, 2011 - New GA Caucus leaders recruiting members
- January 21, 2011 - Reps. urge no user fees in 2012 budget
- January 11, 2011 - President signs G.I. flight training bill into law
- January 7, 2011 - Reps. urge no backtracking on aviation user fees
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