Senate Appropriations FAA Funding Bill with NAAA Advocated Language Urging Tower Marking and Logging

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development spending bill last week providing $110 billion in total funding for the Transportation Department. That sum includes $22 billion for the FAA. In addition, the report accompanying the bill includes NAAA advocated language urging the FAA to promulgate statutory language enacted as part of the FAA Reauthorization Bill Extension in 2016 to establish a database and marking of towers between 50 and 200 feet in rural areas. The appropriations committee report language states: