Regulations and Government
Senate Panel Calls for Ban on Funding ATC Privatization
The Senate included a ban in a $16.4 billion fiscal 2017 FAA funding bill.

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee is calling for a ban on the use of any funding that could be used to remove the nation’s air traffic control organization from the FAA. That call was included in a $16.4 billion funding package that the committee is recommending for the FAA in Fiscal Year 2017.