Obama Budget
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Proposed Obama Budget Includes Higher Air Passenger Fees
President Barack Obama in his fiscal year 2013 budget proposed to raise the aviation passenger security fee incrementally to $7.50 per one-way flight by 2018. The current fee, unchanged since it was enacted to fund the Transportation Security Administration after Sept. 11, 2001, is $2.50 per ...
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President Barack Obama signed into law the fiscal year 2011 budget, which eliminates additional high-speed rail funding and caps at 46,000 the number...
President Barack Obama signed into law the fiscal year 2011 budget, which eliminates additional high-speed rail funding and caps at 46,000 the number of full-time Transportation Security Administration employees bit.ly/gM6F71 . At $1.049 trillion, the finalized budget is $78.5 billion less than ...
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Biden: Obama Budget To Include Another $8 Billion For High-Speed Rail
Vice President Joe Biden announced that the Obama administration will dedicate another $8 billion toward high-speed rail in the proposed U.S. federal budget expected next week. The plan calls for $53 billion over six years "to continue construction of a national high-speed and intercity passenger
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Proposed Obama Budget Includes Air, Rail Improvements
The fiscal-year 2011 budget proposed by the Obama administration includes spending increases for the departments of Transportation and Homeland Security and various measures that would, in the short and long term, impact corporate travel. Appropriations include a sizable boost in funding allocated
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Inside Track: Japan Zeroing Out Agency Commissions
… of absorbing the surcharge on behalf of its customers, Amadeus on Feb. 1 began passing on the charge to clients. Obama Budget Aims To Raise Airport Security Fees President Barack Obama's 2010 budget plan proposes to increase passenger fees …
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Industry Assessing Obama Budget Proposal
President Barack Obama on Feb. 26 announced his proposed federal government budget for fiscal year 2010, including a higher air passenger security fee (effective 2012), $800 million for development of the NextGen air traffic control system and $5 billion for high-speed rail grants. Debates over
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Obama Budget Would Raise Airport Security Fees, Air Traffic Control Funding
President Barack Obama today broadly outlined his administration's 2010 budget plan, which proposes to increase passenger fees for airport security, heavily invest in high-speed rail programs, increase subsidies for small community air service and further fund next-generation air traffic control ...
