USCTA Alerts

We have good news to report this morning from the Senate Commerce Committee, where Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has withdrawn three troubling amendments that were aimed at limit the ability of airports to utilize ADS-B technology for the collection of appropriate, reasonable, and necessary user fees.

Following up on our Action Alert from earlier today, we have learned that Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) has filed three amendments with the Senate Commerce Committee that, if adopted, would limit the use of ADS-B technology by airports for reasonable and necessary user fee collections.

As we noted in an earlier Alert, the Senate Commerce Committee next Tuesday, October 21, is scheduled to consider legislation known as the ROTOR Act that was introduced in the wake of the tragic January accident at DCA to establish new requirements for the utilization of ADS-B technology by virtually all aircraft and helicopters.

In a notice issued this afternoon, the DOT amended its earlier notice from October 6 to indicated that additional funding has been secured to support the Essential Air Service and Alternative Essential Air Service programs and maintain subsidy and grant reimbursements through November 2.

The Senate today again rejected two competing short-term continuing resolutions to temporarily fund the federal government -- one proposed by Republicans and one by Democrats. The latest round of votes comes after the government shutdown kicked in at midnight.

With a government shutdown just hours away, the Senate late today rejected two short-term continuing resolutions to keep the federal government operating – one proposed by Republicans and one by Democrats.

Barring a last-minute and unlikely agreement between congressional leaders, the federal government is set to shut down at midnight, impacting the FAA, the TSA, and the U.S. CBP.

The FAA released a list of over $437 million in infrastructure grant awards as part of the fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Airport Improvement Program (AIP), including $134.9 million in entitlement grants and $302.8 million in discretionary grants.

On behalf of USCTA Chair Clara Bennett, the Executive Director of the Boca Raton Airport Authority, we would like to invite you to join us for a USCTA meeting at the upcoming F. Russell Hoyt National Airports Conference in Salt Lake City.

The FAA released a list of nearly $1.3 billion in infrastructure grant awards as part of the fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Airport Improvement Program (AIP), including $522.6 million in entitlement grants and $772.3 million in discretionary grants.