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Budget Bill Set for Next Vote with More ATC Funding

Future is unclear with Republican infighting

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By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

May 15, 2025

The U.S. House Budget Committee has scheduled a session for tomorrow morning to consider the combined budget reconciliation package that will include an array of measures of interest to the aviation community, from extension of bonus depreciation and additional air traffic control (ATC) funding to auctioning of spectrum frequencies.

Consideration follows approval of the separate pieces of the bill over the past couple of weeks in the various House committees. The Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee was among the first to pass its piece of the package, which included a measure that would provide $12.5 billion in additional funding for ATC modernization and controller staffing. Additionally, the T&I portion would eliminate certain green-energy grants and other funding incentives, including for sustainable aviation fuel, hydrogen, and other low-emission projects.

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