December 15, 1981 memo from Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis to the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs advocating a revenue increase equivalent to 5 cents per gallon of gasoline tax increase to pay for increased highway…
Early iteration of the first Reagan Administration federalism plan – this one contemplated turning all non-Interstate highway programs and airport development back to states, along with excise tax receipts.
October 29, 1981 memo from Greg Ballantine, Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary (Tax Analysis) to Secretary Regan discussing the philosophical justifications of excise taxes and estimating the effect of a range of excise tax increases (including…
Memo from Roger Porter, CCEA coordinator, to Treasury Secretary Donald Regan regarding the October 20, 1981 meeting of the CCEA to discuss revenue enhancement measures. The discussion included Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis, HHS Secretary Richard…
November 28, 1980 report by the Transportation Issues Task Force of the Reagan transition team. Former Transportation Secretary Claude Brinegar was the head of the Task Force, and one of the Task Force members was…
This page is intended as a one-stop reference for information about reform of the FAA. The information is organized into four areas: Pending Legislation, Analysis of Air Traffic Control (ATC) Structure and Financing – From…
May 6, 1987 statements in the Congressional Record by Senators Inouye and Stevens about their bill S. 1159, to establish a government-owned, user-fee supported corporation to provide air traffic control services.
Text of the bill S. 1159 (100th Congress) introduced on May 6, 1987 by Senators Inouye and Stevens to establish the National Aviation Authority as an independent, user-fee supported government corporation.
October 19, 1993 study performed by GRA, Inc. for the FAA reviewing past studies of potential FAA restructuring.
January 5, 1994 study performed by GRA, Inc. for the FAA summarizing the precedents in the U.S. for government-owned corporations, and the precedents in other countries for alternative organization of air traffic control service provision.
March 1986 report commissioned by the Air Transport Association of America, performed by the National Academy of Public Administration, studying the potential management of the U.S. air traffic control system by a government corporation.
December 1997 report of the National Civil Aviation Review Commission (a.k.a. the Mineta Commission).