USCTA Alert

Final Reminder to Contact Your Representative!

March 24, 2026

This is the final reminder to contact your representatives and ask them to sign a letter requesting full funding for the FAA Contract Tower Program in the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The deadline is COB today.

Reps. Julia Brownley (D-CA) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) are asking their colleagues to join them in sending a bipartisan letter to the House Appropriations Committee that requests full funding for the FCT program in FY27. Their "Dear Colleague" and funding request letter may be viewed here.

Last Chance: The deadline for lawmakers to cosign this letter is today at 6:00 p.m. EST. If your lawmaker is not on the list of cosigners below, please reach out ASAP and ask your representative to cosign the bipartisan Brownley-Johnson letter. Draft talking points are below.

Current Cosigners

Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA)
Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH)
Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO)
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NY)
Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
Rep. William Keating (D-MA)
Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP)
Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY)
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI)
Rep. James McGovern (D-MA)
Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
Rep. Bradley Schneider (D-IL)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL)
Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ)
Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA)
Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL)

Draft Talking Points

On behalf of __________ Airport, I would like to thank you for supporting the FAA Contract Tower Program and ask for your continued assistance in the Fiscal Year 2007 appropriations process.
As you know, the Contract Tower Program is a successful and cost-effective program that enhances aviation safety at our airport and at 265 other small airports around the country. It is critical that Congress continue to invest in this critical aviation program.
Julia Brownley (D-CA) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) have drafted a bipartisan letter to the House Appropriations Committee requesting full funding for the Contract Tower Program in the FY27 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
I realize you receive several funding requests this time of year. But I urge you to highlight your support for our airport and for the cost-effective FAA Contract Tower Program by cosigning this important appropriations request letter.
At a time when Congress, the administration, and aviation stakeholders are working to enhance aviation safety, it is critical that Congress fully fund the FAA Contract Tower Program. Thank you again for supporting our airport and for considering our request.
Please use this Quill link (which is only available to Hill staff) to sign or contact Sharon Wagener (Wagener@mail.house.gov) with Rep. Julia Brownley or Elizabeth Walters (Elizabeth.Walters@mail.house.gov) with Rep. Dusty Johnson.

Thanks for your help. Please let me know if you have any questions.