Aviation Workforce and AAM Legislation Move Forward in Congress

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has advanced two key pieces of aviation legislation—the National Center for the Advancement of Aviation Act (H.R. 3482) and the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization (AAIM) Act (H.R. 6270)—with wide, bi-partisan support.

The first bill acted on today by the House T&I committee establishes a National Center for the Advancement of Aviation, which will bring together stakeholders from across the military and private sectors, in part to provide STEM-focused resources to high school and collegiate curriculum developers.

The second bill, the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization Act (AAIM Act), authorizes funding to for and eventually build critical new AAM infrastructure, by leveraging existing vertiports and other public transportation facilities to support AAM operations and fosters community engagement programs to introduce the new technologies to a diverse set of communities.

Both bills will now move to the House floor for deliberation.