Regulations and Government
FAA Funding Bill Draws White House Fire for ATC Cuts
House bill would cut $355 million from facilities and equipment and acknowledges efforts to establish a new ATC organization.

In a largely party-line vote of 30-21, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2016 transportation funding bill yesterday, but came under criticism for steep cuts in the FAA’s facilities and equipment account and other transportation areas such as Amtrak. Before clearing the bill, the committee approved an amendment shaving $22 million from the proposed nearly $16 billion FAA budget to help plump funds for the Washington Metro Transit Authority. The FAA’s overall budget would receive a slight boost from FY2015, but deep cuts are made in facilities and equipment while airport funding would rise.

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