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Interim Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act

Public Law 106-6 · S. 643 · 106th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Mar 31, 1999 · Transportation and Public Works

Sponsor: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseUnanimous consent
  • SenateRecorded vote: 100 yea, 0 nay100–0
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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Interim Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act - Amends Federal aviation law to extend the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) for two months. Provides that not more than $1.3 billion of funds available under the Grants-in-Aid for Airports Program may be obligated before the enactment of a law extending contract authorization for such program beyond May 31, 1999.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 for: (1) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Facilities and Equipment Program; and (2) FAA operations.

Removes the maximum cap on AIP funds credited to the discretionary fund.

Terminates the Military Airport Program under the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996.

Makes specified changes to the formula for crediting airport improvement fund amounts to the AIP discretionary fund and the small airport fund.

Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve the application of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (pending at the Department of Transportation on March 17, 1999) for the expenditure of up to $30 million that otherwise would have been made available to it for passenger facility fee-airport development project grants.

Who voted for it

Every senator of the 106th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 100 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

100 yea0 nay

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Democrats who voted yea(45)

  • Sen. Paul WellstoneD-MN
  • Sen. Barbara BoxerD-CA
  • Sen. Tom HarkinD-IA
  • Sen. Jack ReedD-RI
  • Sen. Frank LautenbergD-NJ
  • Sen. Barbara MikulskiD-MD
  • Sen. Paul SarbanesD-MD
  • Sen. Russell FeingoldD-WI
  • Sen. Carl LevinD-MI
  • Sen. Daniel AkakaD-HI
  • Sen. Ted KennedyD-MA
  • Sen. Richard DurbinD-IL
  • Sen. Fritz HollingsD-SC
  • Sen. Harry ReidD-NV
  • Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT
  • Sen. Jay RockefellerD-WV
  • Sen. Tom DaschleD-SD
  • Sen. Patty MurrayD-WA
  • Sen. Byron DorganD-ND
  • Sen. Chuck SchumerD-NY
  • Sen. John KerryD-MA
  • Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI
  • Sen. Christopher DoddD-CT
  • Sen. John EdwardsD-NC
  • Sen. Ron WydenD-OR
  • Sen. Richard BryanD-NV
  • Sen. Herb KohlD-WI
  • Sen. Kent ConradD-ND
  • Sen. Tim JohnsonD-SD
  • Sen. Daniel MoynihanD-NY
  • Sen. Bob GrahamD-FL
  • Sen. Charles RobbD-VA
  • Sen. Maxwell ClelandD-GA
  • Sen. Joseph BidenD-DE
  • Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV
  • Sen. Evan BayhD-IN
  • Sen. Dianne FeinsteinD-CA
  • Sen. Max BaucusD-MT
  • Sen. Jeff BingamanD-NM
  • Sen. Joseph LiebermanD-CT
  • Sen. Robert TorricelliD-NJ
  • Sen. Mary LandrieuD-LA
  • Sen. Robert KerreyD-NE
  • Sen. Blanche LincolnD-AR
  • Sen. John BreauxD-LA

Republicans who voted yea(55)

  • Sen. Jim JeffordsR-VT
  • Sen. Arlen SpecterR-PA
  • Sen. John ChafeeR-RI
  • Sen. Olympia SnoweR-ME
  • Sen. Susan CollinsR-ME
  • Sen. William RothR-DE
  • Sen. Gordon SmithR-OR
  • Sen. Spencer AbrahamR-MI
  • Sen. Mike DeWineR-OH
  • Sen. Richard LugarR-IN
  • Sen. John WarnerR-VA
  • Sen. Ted StevensR-AK
  • Sen. Peter FitzgeraldR-IL
  • Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
  • Sen. Slade GortonR-WA
  • Sen. George VoinovichR-OH
  • Sen. Orrin HatchR-UT
  • Sen. Robert BennettR-UT
  • Sen. Rick SantorumR-PA
  • Sen. Ben CampbellR-CO
  • Sen. Chuck GrassleyR-IA
  • Sen. Kay HutchisonR-TX
  • Sen. Kit BondR-MO
  • Sen. John McCainR-AZ
  • Sen. Bill FristR-TN
  • Sen. Thad CochranR-MS
  • Sen. Chuck HagelR-NE
  • Sen. Conrad BurnsR-MT
  • Sen. Pat RobertsR-KS
  • Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
  • Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY
  • Sen. Connie MackR-FL
  • Sen. John AshcroftR-MO
  • Sen. Fred ThompsonR-TN
  • Sen. Richard ShelbyR-AL
  • Sen. Frank MurkowskiR-AK
  • Sen. Judd GreggR-NH
  • Sen. Trent LottR-MS
  • Sen. Paul CoverdellR-GA
  • Sen. Sam BrownbackR-KS
  • Sen. Mike CrapoR-ID
  • Sen. Tim HutchinsonR-AR
  • Sen. Rod GramsR-MN
  • Sen. Craig ThomasR-WY
  • Sen. Jeff SessionsR-AL
  • Sen. Larry CraigR-ID
  • Sen. Jon KylR-AZ
  • Sen. Don NicklesR-OK
  • Sen. Michael EnziR-WY
  • Sen. Wayne AllardR-CO
  • Sen. Jim BunningR-KY
  • Sen. Phil GrammR-TX
  • Sen. Jim InhofeR-OK
  • Sen. Jesse HelmsR-NC
  • Sen. Bob SmithR-NH
Data notes

The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 52 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The record shows no committee referral for this bill.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 10 actions.

  1. Mar 31, 1999Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 106-6.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Mar 26, 1999PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. Mar 24, 1999FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
  6. FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
  7. FloorFloor · Mr. Shuster asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
  8. Mar 17, 1999FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 100-0. Record Vote No: 52.Senate roll call 52
  9. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
  10. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.