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House transportation leaders push for FAA funding bill without user fees
It was an extraordinary display of bipartisan support for H.R.2881, the House version of an FAA funding bill.
The four top members of the House Transportation and aviation subcommittees went before the Ways and Means Committee August 1 to urge the tax-writing committee to keep aviation excise taxes, reject the idea of user fees, and fairly distribute the costs of funding the FAA.
AOPA President Phil Boyer also testified that "H.R.2881 gets it right." That bill would keep airline passenger taxes the same and modestly increase general aviation fuel taxes to ensure robust funding for airports and money for air traffic control modernization (NextGen). 
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Watch a video of Boyer's testimony.
Photo: AOPA President Phil Boyer testifies in favor of H.R.2881 before the House Ways and Means Committee.
(Updated: August 2, 5 p.m. EDT)
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