People regularly describe the Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2020 as “uncontroversial.” It would allow airport construction projects funded by the federal Airport Improvement Program to use incentive payments to ensure timely completion of construction jobs, a prospect that no one in Congress has bothered objecting.

The bill passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on a voice vote, meaning that there wasn’t any significant opposition to register. It again cleared the full House on Oct. 1 by a voice vote. The companion legislation unanimously cleared the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.