Regulations and Government
FAA Set for Small Funding Boost in Federal Funding Bill
The comprehensive spending package includes an emphasis on the U.S. FAA's certification activities.

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to begin consideration today of a government-wide funding bill that would give a $127 million boost to the FAA’s budget for the current fiscal year—$500 million more than the White House requested. The spending package, H.R.244, which heads to the Senate for consideration this week after House action, also places particular emphasis on a number of areas of interest to general aviation, including certification, advanced materials and alternative fuels research and NextGen.

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