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Bills to pay FAA and TSA workers during shutdowns get introduced but keep stalling in Congress - AP News
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Members of Congress have repeatedly introduced bills — including versions called the Keep America Flying Act, Keep Air Travel Safe Act, and Aviation Funding Stability/Solvency Acts — to guarantee pay for FAA air traffic controllers and TSA screeners during government shutdowns, but those proposals keep stalling. Lawmakers on both sides recognize the operational risks of leaving aviation workers unpaid, yet the measures have failed to secure a durable remedy. The Department of Transportation’s recent $12.5 billion modernization down payment — and its warning that more money is needed for software and AI — underscores how unstable funding and stalled legislation could jeopardize both everyday operations and the larger technology upgrade.
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