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Alternatives Exist to Funding the FAA, Watchdog Agency Says

Allowing the FAA to issue bonds, charge fees or spinning off its Air Traffic Organization are options, says Government Accountability Office.

House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster has promised 'transformational' reform of the FAA. (Photo: Bill Carey)

December 23, 2015

There are alternative ways of funding the Federal Aviation Administration to insulate it from the vicissitudes of the federal budget process, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) advises in a report to Congress. The watchdog agency makes no recommendations in the report, which Congress requested as it considers the next long-term reauthorization of the FAA.

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