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House Panel Approves $12.5 Billion Boost in ATC Funding

Transportation budget reconciliation package also cuts green technology grants

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By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

April 30, 2025

The House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee today approved along party lines its piece of the budget reconciliation package, including a $12.5 billion bump for air traffic control technology upgrades and controller funding. Also, eliminated in the bill are green technology grants—including for sustainable aviation fuel, hydrogen, and other low-emissions projects—that were included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

Originally, the committee planned to add $15 billion in air traffic control funding, but that was scaled back through a manager’s amendment to meet Republican funding targets. The committee passed the bill after ruling out dozens of amendments; well over 100 were filed. There was no debate on the amendments.

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