19. Department of Transportation · Major · Needs Congress
Separate the FAA from DOT, or at minimum the ATO from the FAA
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“Separate the FAA from DOT or, at a minimum, separate the ATO from the FAA.”
What has happened
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No bill, executive action or Federal Register document proposes moving the FAA out of DOT or the Air Traffic Organization out of the FAA; the 119th Congress's air-traffic bills concern controller workforce, towers and funding, not structure.
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Research notes
- Corpus bill titles matching “air traffic” (18,433 bills through 2026-08-26): Air Traffic Control Workforce Development Act (S. 697 / H.R. 3270), Military Air Traffic Control Transition Act (H.R. 6744), Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act (S. 3929 / H.R. 8597), tower naming and modernization bills. None separates the ATO or the FAA. Bryan Bedford was confirmed FAA Administrator 2025-07-09 (nominations Corpus).
- Action
- transfer
- Object
- Federal Aviation Administration / Air Traffic Organization
- ID
- 1737