Regulations and Government
Battle over user fees resumes
House aviation subcommittee chairman Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) has joined Rep.

House aviation subcommittee chairman Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) has joined Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the full House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, in opposing an Obama Administration plan to institute user fees to balance the FAA budget starting in Fiscal Year 2010.

According to a budget summary released in late February, the White House “proposes repealing some aviation excise taxes and replacing these taxes with direct user charges.”

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