Final FY20 Homeland Security Appropriations for Transportation Security
December 17, 2019 – The final fiscal year 2020 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security provides $7.8 billion for TSA and $12.0 billion for the Coast Guard.
Final FY20 Bill Provides $87.2 Billion for USDOT
December 17, 2019 – The final, year-long appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020 provides or allows a total of $87.2 billion in gross discretionary budget resources for the U.S. Department of Transportation, a decrease of $393 million (about 0.4 percent) below fiscal 2019, excluding one-time emergency funding.
Final FY20 Appropriations Agreement Reached
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Senate Committee Approves Several Aviation Bills
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Capitol Hill Events – Week of December 15, 2019
Monday, December 15 – House Rules – full committee hearing to set rules for debate on the SALT tax deduction restoration bill and (hopefully) final fiscal 2020 appropriations measures – 5:00 p.m., H-313, The Capitol. No other transportation-related hearings are scheduled, but Rules may meet again on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade…
House Hearing Cites Faulty FAA Risk Calculations on 737 MAX
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Flying with Drone Regulations
Ken Dunlap takes a deep dive into how operators interact with the current UAS regulatory framework and how new regulatory structures may be needed in the future.
GAO Issues New Reports on Essential Air Service, Airline Oversales
December 12, 2019 – This week, GAO issued new reports on the Essential Air Service subsidy program and on airline oversales and denial-of-boarding practices.
DOT Releases Updated Highway-Transit-Freight Conditions and Performance Report
December 11, 2019 – A long-awaited new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation was quietly released last week (two years late) and indicates that the U.S. is already spending enough money on highway capital improvements in the U.S. to maintain the existing system but badly underfunding mass transit state of good repair.
Final Defense Bill Bans New Purchases of Mass Transit Vehicles from Chinese Companies – After 2-Year Delay
December 9, 2019 – After weeks of delay, Congressional negotiators at 9:30 p.m. released the text of the final House-Senate conference agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2019 (S. 1790), which would ban mass transit agencies from using federal funds from purchasing rail cars or buses from Chinese-owned or Chinese-domiciled companies, and would penalize transit agencies that use their own funds for such procurements.