ORIGINAL: HoundDog
The FAA has two mandates from Congress 1. Promote Aviation 2. Safe Guard the flying Public in the NAS. These two mandates will and have been the FAA's Bible. If they Deem some thing is a danger to the "Flying Public" Not even an "Act of Congress" will stop them from finding a way to regulate it. "And U can Take That To The Bank".
If the FAA could find a way to put transponders on Geese you better bet they'd do it. Unelected Government Officials (FAA, NTSB, HLS, DEA, BP, IRS, Czars, President, and some Elected, ect) Today do what they want when they want and Congress or the Constitution Be "DAMMED". And that's just the way it is in the late 20th and early 21st Century in the "Good O'l USofA"
You know, when I see a posting as bizarre and wrong headed like this one, one question always comes to mind.
When did the schools stop teaching civics?
It seems that entirely too many people posting to this forum have no clue how our government works.
Every single government agency reports to an elected official, the president of the United States. Every single government agency is regulated by laws written by Congress as signed by the President of the United States. Under no circumstance may an agency overreach and act outside of the specific limits imposed on them by Congress.. Any instance of overreaching is promptly acted on by Congress.