Regulations and Government
CBO: ATC Proposal Would Add $100 Billion to U.S. Deficit
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee calls revised CBO estimate incomplete, inaccurate.

The U.S Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the proposal to create an independent air traffic control organization by the House of Representatives would increase the federal deficit by nearly $100 billion through 2027. The estimate represents a revision from an earlier CBO tally of a $20.7 billion increase to the deficit, which did not consider tax changes and other recent additions to the ATC proposal. Democratic leaders had asked the CBO to take a new look at the costs associated with the proposal, which they say would increase the deficit by billions of dollars over original estimates.


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