Posts Tagged as ‘reauthorization’

February 18, 2009

A closer look at H.R. 915

Here some salient details about the reauthorization legislation submitted as H.R. 915. It’s worth looking at the legislative text in detail; the sections pertinent to NextGen can be found here.

Funding Levels

The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009 provides the following funding levels ($70 billion) for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (“FAA”) capital programs between fiscal year [...]

February 18, 2009

New stab at reauthorization includes $13.5b for NextGen

Aviation Week has a look at the legislation and testimony that came out of the House Aviation Subcommittee last week on reauthorization:
While Congress was unable to move the bill forward last year – leaving FAA to operate under a series of short-term extensions, [Committee Chairman Jim] Oberstar last week expressed optimism that the legislation would [...]

February 7, 2009

Skies darken for short-term NextGen boost

from NextGov:
Senate aviation leaders from both parties are each proposing to add more than half a billion dollars to the economic stimulus bill to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system.
But, echoing a larger disagreement between the parties in the stimulus talks, whether to offset the new spending or just add to the bill’s overall [...]

August 29, 2008

Setting the stage for reauthorization: NextGen front and center

A comprehensive and fairly insider-ish article from Airport Business magazine, reporting from the AAAE Summer Legislative Issues Conference. It lays out the issues on the table as Congress prepares to consider reauthorization of key aviation legislation — including security, environmental regulation, and funding — that was drafted under the aegis of the FAA. Interesting to see the [...]