Approval Likely for Bill To Reduce N.Y. Delays

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Congress is likely to approve two bills aimed at reducing flight delays in the New York area, lawmakers said yesterday. An amendment included in a transportation spending bill this week would require the Bush administration to submit plans to reduce delays in the congested airspace above New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. A second measure would mandate a study by the Government Accountability Office to examine the administration’s approach to easing congestion. The amendments, which were submitted by senators from the impacted states, come after a summer of record delays and as the Bush administration is taking more aggressive steps to reduce gridlock in the skies, including a recent effort to cut flight schedules at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The amendments were added in a conference committee version of the broader spending bill, meaning they are likely to make it through a vote of the full House and Senate.


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