Appropriations Committee Approves Bill that Gives More Money to the FAA
Tuesday the appropriations committee approved a bill that would give more money to the FAA. The bill provides $14.427 billion for the FAA, more than $1.7 billion more than President Bush requested.
The bill includes $110 million to install new GPS-WAAS approaches targeting airports without ILS approaches. $3.6 billion in additional funds would be targeted towards Airport Improvement Funds as well as additional money for for Safeflight 21 and ADS-B (in-cockpit weather and traffic information).
The bill now must pass the full House, Senate, and then signed by President Bush.
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