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bills in the House and Senate. Government Affairs staff also closely monitors the Financial Services appropriations bill, which is the appropriations bill that oversees pay raises for federal civilian employees. Below is a chart of Congress' proposed funding levels for the FAA, in comparison to the current enacted levels. FAA BUDGET LINE FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 Enacted House THUD Senate THUD Operations $10.4 billion $10.67 billion (TBD) Facilities & Equipment $3 billion $3 billion (TBD) Research, Engineering & Development $191 billion $191 billion (TBD) NATCA CONTINUES GARNERING SUPPORT FOR AVIATION FUNDING STABILITY ACT At this year's annual NATCA in Washington (NiW), NATCAvists went to Capitol Hill to garner additional co-sponsors on the Aviation Funding Stability Act (H.R. 1108 in the House; S. 762 in the Senate). These two bills are identical legislation. H.R. 1108: The House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee passed H.R. 1108 on March 27 by unanimous consent. H.R. 1108 has faced hurdles in the House, especially among House leadership, Appropriations Committee leadership, and progressive members. Despite these challenges, thanks to the hard work and perseverance of NATCAvists, H.R. 1108 now has 244 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors can be added to H.R. 1108 until the T&I Committee files an official "Committee Report," which is a document accompanying a bill that has been reported from a committee. The report contains an explanation of the provisions of the bill, arguments for its approval, votes held in markup, individual committee members' opinions, dissenting opinions, cost estimates, and other information. S. 762: Until this year's NiW, NATCA focused its resources on garnering support for the House version of the legislation. NiW served as the launching pad for NATCA's advocacy on the Senate version of the S. 762 legislation, which is identical to H.R. 1108. So far, S. 762 has garnered nine bipartisan co-sponsors. Background: This legislation was introduced following the 35-day government shutdown that wreaked havoc on the National Airspace System and its workforce. If enacted, this legislation would ensure that the aviation system continues to fully operate, without interruption, in the event of a government shutdown. H.R. 1108 was introduced by Reps. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., Chairman of the House T&I Committee, and Rick Larsen, D-Wash., Chairman of the Aviation Subcommittee. The lead Republican on the legislation is Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, a senior member of the House T&I Committee. In the Senate, Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kan., introduced S. 762. FAA ADMINISTRATOR APPROVED BY U.S. SENATE The Senate approved Stephen Dickson to be the next Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration on July 23, by a vote of 52-40, along party lines. NATCA supported his nomination to be the next FAA Administrator and sent out this statement of support. Both Dickson and Elwell are former military officers, but federal law states that if the FAA's

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• SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
• RUNWAY SAFETY
• Bridget Singratanakul (Gee) (DFW) is NATCA's Runway Safety Action Team (RSAT) Rep. She also serves as the Article 114 Rep to the Runway Status Lights (RWSL) program. Her report is below:
• Runway Status Lights (RWSL)
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• Phase 2: Lighting computer was replaced. JAI is scheduled for August, and ORD for September.
• Phase 4: Planned IOC date was June 19. Presently, all testing is checking out well, however there is still more construction work being completed on the airfield. The system is online, but the additional arrays were not available until June.