Regulations and Government
House Clears TSA Fiscal 2015 Funding
Fate of bill uncertain as Washington squabbles over immigration.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is facing a nearly $100 million cut in its budget this year under the Fiscal Year 2015 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill that passed the House on January 14 by a 236-191 vote. The bill, however, faces a tough fight on the Senate floor, with lawmakers still at odds over immigration. Lawmakers late last year approved funding for the DHS only through February 27 in protest against the Obama Administration’s policies on immigration. The short-term funding approval was part of the continuing resolution and omnibus bill that provided a full-year fiscal 2015 budget for most of the federal government, including the FAA.


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