FAA Funding Secured
The FAA has funding security (assuming presidential approval) for nine months after the Senate passed the so-called “Cromnibus” spending bill that approves appropriations for most government departments through September 2015.
The FAA has funding security (assuming presidential approval) for nine months after the Senate passed the so-called "Cromnibus" spending bill that approves appropriations for most government departments through September 2015. The vote was held late Saturday. The $1.3 trillion spending bill also rejects an administration user fee proposal and gives the FAA more money than the White House wanted it to have. The FAA gets $15.72 billion, about $440 million more than the administration proposed, and it includes money for NextGen implementation. The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) stayed up late Saturday night to follow the legislative process and President Tom Hendricks said the relative stability is welcome.
"Taking such action funds important priorities such as NextGen and removes the budgetary uncertainty the agency faces when operating under short-term funding bills," said Hendricks. The FAA was among 11 government departments that got their full funding in the bill. The Transportation Security Agency only got three months, a position with which the FAA is familiar. It functioned on such temporary authorizations for several years until last year.
