to work closely with affected unions and the planning, development and deployment of nexgen. i wrote this provision in the bill four years ago, and i'm glad to see it will be enacted into law in this conference report. finally, mr. speaker, despite the flaws that we talked about in the bill, we desperately need a long-term f.a.a. re-authorization bill, and that's why i'm supporting this bill. i thank the ranking member, mr. rahall, chairman mica, chairman petri and other committee members for all of their hard work on this legislation, and i thank the staff on both sides of the aisle that have worked very hard over the past five years to try and bring us to the point that we are today to get a bill on the president's desk. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from west virginia reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. mica: i yield myself 15 seconds and then i'll yield three minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, one of the conferees, the senior member of the transportation and in

gps is a part of the ongoing multibillion-dollar nexgen program that will shift air navigation from that outmoded terrestrial system to the modern satellite based system. this is a transformational change. all who are involved in it, congress, the federal aviation at immigration, airlines, general aviation and the department of defense recognize the need for the transformation. this massive effort will result in more precise navigation, safer operations, for more direct aircraft readings from better air space utilization and airspace capacity growth. because of these operational improvements, there will be substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. one in six existing application gps has produced a breakthrough in the safety of airline operations as referred to earlier here. the elimination of the controlled flight in the accidents were large aircraft in the united states enhanced ground proximity warning systems aboard the aircraft, the information on foreign terrain databases to provide the crew with a look ahead mornings in the dangerous terrain. this has made air travel far

it is absolutely the center of nexgen technology e. we have 5200 public air force in this country. we couldn't possibly afford to put instrument landing system and all those airports of equipment on the ground. everyone can have a precision approach to every one way on the field with the gps capability. enables merchants to you, helicopters to go precisely to the scene of the crime, not in climate it needs to be rescued in a exactly what the closest friend in a daze. all these are enabled by the gps. i guess from where we say, my 400,000 members who fly general aviation airplanes hit the is absolutely initial. by the way, you've heard from to their respective members in the industry who fly large airplanes. i'll be a task he has the same gps capability. you know, when we talk about this issue before, there's nothing wrong with the government agency looking forward to seeing an opportunity and letting it be explored. indeed the food and drug administration does that all the time with miracle cures of medicine, but sometimes they don't work and i think with the agencies federal gover