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GAO-16-198R 1 (2015-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaajlm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 November 19, 2015 The Honorable Bill Shuster Chairman The Honorable Peter A. DeFazio Ranking Member Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure House of Representatives The Honorable Frank LoBiondo Chairman The Honorable Rick Larsen Ranking Member Subcommittee on Aviation Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure House of Representatives Aviation Finance: Observations on the Effects of Budget Uncertainty on FAA Since 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has operated and overseen the nation's aviation system amid ongoing budget uncertainty, an issue that has affected other federal agencies as well. This uncertainty is due to a protracted reauthorization process and timing issues associated with the budget and appropriations process. For instance, FAA experienced 23 authorizing extensions following the expiration of FAA's authorization in 2007 until the enactment of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, as well as a sequestration and the partial shutdown of the federal government in 2013.1 GAO has previously reported that aviation stakeholders are concerned that budget uncertainty makes it difficult for FAA simultaneously to operate the aviation system and implement air traffic control modernization through FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).2 Some aviation stakeholders also cite budget uncertainty as a justification for the restructuring of FAA's Air Traffic Organization (ATO). In light of these issues and as Congress considers a long-term reauthorization of FAA, you asked us to examine the effects of past budget uncertainty on FAA. This report addresses five research questions: (1) What is known about how past budget uncertainty has affected FAA's operations? (2) How has past budget uncertainty affected NextGen implementation? 1See Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Vision 100), Pub. L. No. 108-176 (2003), and the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-95. The Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-55, was enacted on September 30, 2015 and reauthorizes FAA for the period October 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016. 2GAO, Air Traffic Control System: Selected Stakeholders' Perspectives on Operations, Modernization, and Structure, GAO-14-770 (Washington, D.C.: Sept. 12, 2014).

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