On April 19, the Senate passed H.R. 636 to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), other civil aviation programs, and Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF) revenues through September 30, 2017. The legislation now moves to the House of Representatives, where a six-year FAA reauthorization bill, H.R. 4441, and a related bill on aviation research, H.R. 4489, were marked up and ordered reported by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, respectively, on February 11. Proposed authorization amounts and comparisons to FY2016 appropriations and the Obama Administration's FY2017 request are presented in Table 1. As H.R. 4441 and H.R. 4489 have not been reported, these comparisons are based on those bills as introduced.
FY2016 |
FY2017 |
FY2018 |
FY2019 |
FY2020 |
FY2021 |
FY2022 |
|
Operations |
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9,910 |
10,112 |
10,339 |
10,570 |
1,637 |
1,675 |
1,713 |
|
General Fund |
1,988 |
2,055 |
2,124 |
2,196 |
1,637 |
1,675 |
1,713 |
AATF |
7,922 |
8,057 |
8,215 |
8,374 |
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Senate-Passed |
9,910 |
10,025 |
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Appropriation/Request |
9,909 |
9,994 |
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Airport Improvement Program |
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3,350 |
3,424 |
3,499 |
3,576 |
3,655 |
3,735 |
3,817 |
|
Senate-Passed |
3,350 |
3,750 |
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Appropriation/Request |
3,350 |
2,900 |
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Facilities and Equipment |
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2,855 |
2,914 |
2,981 |
3,048 |
193 |
197 |
202 |
|
Senate-Passed |
2,855 |
2,862 |
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Appropriation/Request |
2,855 |
2,838 |
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Research, Engineering, and Development |
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166 |
169 |
173 |
174 |
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Senate-Passed |
166 |
169 |
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Appropriation/Request |
166 |
168 |
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TOTALS |
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House-Introduced |
16,281 |
16,619 |
16,992 |
17,368 |
5,485 |
5,607 |
5,732 |
Senate-Passed |
16,281 |
16,806 |
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Appropriation/Request |
16,281 |
15,900 |
Source: CRS analysis of H.R. 4441 and H.R. 4489 as introduced; Senate-passed H.R. 636; P. L. 114-113, Division L; and FAA Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Estimates.
Notes: House totals for FY2020-2022 do not include Research, Engineering, and Development authorizations as they were not specified in H.R. 4489 as introduced. Also House totals for FY2020-2022 do not include trust fund amounts for operations as the House bill proposes creation of a separate corporation to provide air traffic services that would be funded by user fees set by the corporate board.
The Senate-passed bill and the two committee-approved House bills have substantial differences: