Regulations and Government
Senate Panel To Consider FAA Funding Bill
While House bill drew veto threat and Democrat ire, Senate bill passed subcommittee largely with bipartisan support.

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday is set to consider a $16 billion budget for the FAA in Fiscal Year 2016. The funding is included in the FY2016 transportation, house and urban development appropriations (THUD) bill that was approved by the Senate THUD subcommittee by voice vote on Tuesday. While the committee has not yet released full details of the bill, it has said that it will provide the FAA with $294 million more than in fiscal 2015 and $175 million more than the White House request. The bill backs the contract tower program and rejects increases in passenger facility charge. While grumbles over the available budget persisted, the Senate bill passed the subcommittee largely with bipartisan support.


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