Airport Alert: House Transportation Committee Releases Bill Text Including $15 Billion for ATC Modernization
House Transportation Committee Releases Bill Text Including $15 Billion for ATC Modernization
April 29, 2025
This morning, the House Transportation Committee released legislative text for their portion of the budget reconciliation bill scheduled to be marked up on Wednesday. The text directs $15b in funding to the following programs, as mentioned in yesterday’s alert:
Link to the T&I Reconciliation bill
Link to the Modern Skies Coalition letter
Link to the House Transportation Committee press release
April 29, 2025
This morning, the House Transportation Committee released legislative text for their portion of the budget reconciliation bill scheduled to be marked up on Wednesday. The text directs $15b in funding to the following programs, as mentioned in yesterday’s alert:
- $2.64b for ATC tower and TRACON replacement, including a “no less than” carve out of $240m for Contract Tower Program-operated towers and sponsor-owned towers
- $2b for capital investments in the air route traffic control centers (ARTCC)
- $3b for radar system replacement
- $4.75b for telecom infrastructure replacement
- $500m for runway safety and airport surface surveillance systems
- $550m for replacement of unstaffed infrastructure and upgrades such as radio towers
- $300m for NextGen close-out times such as NOTAM upgrades, DataCom, and PBN
- $200m for the Don Young Alaska Safety program
- $1b for controller staffing recruitment, retention, training, and technology to further support the full staffing provisions in the FAA reauthorization bill.
Link to the T&I Reconciliation bill
Link to the Modern Skies Coalition letter
Link to the House Transportation Committee press release
