Updates on congressional actions related to the Global Positioning System (GPS) and related programs http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/rss.xml http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:03:35 -0400 Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:55:29 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com We updated our page on LORAN-C legislation. In May 2010, the Senate passed a new version of the Coast Guard authorization bill that removes all reference to LORAN. Their previous version (from Oct 2009) called for upgrading LORAN-C to eLORAN, but in the intervening months, LORAN-C was shut down. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/bills.shtml#loran 49B91003-6CF3-41C0-AEF0-D7BABE5E5512 Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:55:29 -0400 We just issued the July 2010 edition of "GPS Tracker," our periodic newsletter for congressional staff and other policymakers interested in GPS. If you are not on the distribution list but wish to subscribe, please contact Steven.Sidorek@PNT.gov. http://pnt.gov/congress/newsletter/ 5D9A63AB-9267-4134-B490-ED4BE74FD081 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:52:51 -0400 Last night, the House passed its Transportation-HUD appropriations bill, including the civil funding for GPS, WAAS, LAAS, and inland NDGPS. Visit our website to view the updated PNT program funding status table. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 35C5B34B-8C88-4BE2-BCE2-B9AE75FC7EAB Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:49:10 -0400 The Defense Appropriations Subcommittee of the House passed its appropriations bill today, including funding for the main GPS program. We will post specific details once the report becomes available (after the full committee markup). The full committee markup of the DHS funding bill was postponed from today to a date TBD. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 15F1F4A0-5EFB-4915-9A3C-9FAFBFF31D7F Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:01:39 -0400 The Senate Appropriations Committee has finally released its report to accompany S. 3644, the Transportation-HUD bill they passed last week. We have updated the funding table with the funding levels for Civil GPS, WAAS, and NDGPS. Funding for LAAS (GBAS) is unclear because it is part of a larger account called NextGen Flexible Terminals and Airports that received a $16 million cut. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 723BB9D1-3489-4FCA-971F-6738F27AED5D Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:13:28 -0400 The House Appropriations Committee's report on the THUD bill includes a new line item, Ground-Based Augmentation Systems, funded at $10.1 million. This is in addition to the fully funded GBAS (or LAAS) program within the NextGen Flexible Terminals and Airports line item. The extra funds are for the procurement of three additional GBAS units. The report includes a 90-day reporting requirement for FAA. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml ADD42274-8951-4314-BBE4-809ED3CBC33F Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:28:09 -0400 The House Appropriations Committee report on the THUD bill recommends $9.4 million for the inland component of the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS), compared to the President's request of $7.6 million. The committee added $1.8 million to the $2 million request for equipment recapitalization. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 4CFFB7E0-11B8-4EFC-AF7D-080721DEBCB2 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:16:06 -0400 The House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee is expected to mark-up its FY11 spending bill on July 27. The FY11 Homeland Security Appropriations Act will be marked-up by the House Appropriations Committee on the same day. Finally, the full House is expected to consider the FY11 THUD Appropriations bill (H.R. 5850) on July 29. Updates will be provided throughout the week at PNT.gov. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 36F8C4DC-7760-46D2-9A37-98A9C36F9E87 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:14:51 -0400 We have updated the funding chart to reflect the Senate Appropriations Committee's full funding of the "Geodesy" line item within NOAA, which includes $3.5 million for the U.S. network of Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS). We also added the bill number with a link to more information at LOC.gov. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 81026F88-6168-4C23-8882-1A42BF3075B9 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:28:03 -0400 The Senate Appropriations Committee passed its version of the FY 2011 DHS appropriations bill on July 15. The report to accompany the bill includes text calling on DHS to prepare an analysis of alternatives that could serve as a backup to GPS. The study is due within 90 days of the enactment of the bill. We updated our funding webpage with this information, including a link to the committee report. We also updated the page to reflect yesterday's passage of the THUD and CJS bills at the Senate committee level. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml C25A3A99-3F37-4DC2-A697-183F53A54093 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:04:23 -0400 We have confirmed the funding levels set by the House Appropriations Committee for civil GPS requirements, LAAS, and Inland NDGPS. We updated our funding status chart to show all three programs as fully funded. As previously reported, WAAS received a $3 million cut. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml AB5764F9-B418-42DD-8FD9-C0F390FC29BC Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:50:27 -0400 The Transportation and HUD Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee passed their version of the THUD funding bill this morning. The full committee is scheduled to mark it up tomorrow. We will provide an update with program details after the bill is reported out of committee. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml F65C1EE9-B23F-4066-8957-AE922D3BCF1A Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:58:25 -0400 The House Appropriations Committee passed the FY11 THUD bill by voice vote on June 20. It appears that the committee cut $3 million from the WAAS program. More information about the other PNT-related funding lines will come when the committee report is released in a few days. We have also updated the details about the funding request for GPS procurement on our website. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 5A98798F-110A-4EC1-8EA2-9BEA76E0C1D8 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:27:33 -0400 The Transportation/HUD Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee marked up its FY 2011 bill yesterday. The bill includes civil funding for the GPS, WAAS, LAAS, and NDGPS programs. It appears that the Facilities and Equipment funding line, which contains the programs above, met the President's budget request. We will send out full funding details for the programs when the report is released. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 8D725AB9-0E24-4F41-95CF-A71C051C9D9B Fri, 2 Jul 2010 10:56:35 -0400 We have updated the congressional page of PNT.gov to include provisions recommended by the authorizers in their May 27 mark-up. Of particular interest is the addition of a $10 million "mini-GPS satellite" study. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 9192AD34-E320-4348-B9BE-31512ED44716 Tue, 8 Jun 2010 11:47:40 -0400 The House of Representatives passed the FY 2011 National Defense Authorization Act on May 28. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml F1EEDE51-8A40-450B-90FA-47B8855AFF71 Tue, 1 Jun 2010 11:28:03 -0400 The Senate Armed Services Committee passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2011 on May 27. Like the House version, it zeroes out funding for the High Integrity GPS (HIGPS or iGPS) project. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml B456F561-A00F-43C6-8FE0-02762450FD07 Fri, 28 May 2010 12:19:38 -0400 We updated the funding bill status table with the markup information. We also added a link to the House report language on iGPS. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 421836B6-B041-407B-8AD6-EE0553F415E2 Mon, 24 May 2010 16:27:52 -0400 The House Armed Services Committee passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2011 on May 19. It funds the GPS program within the Air Force but cuts funding for the Navy's High Integrity GPS (HIGPS or iGPS) program. http://pnt.gov/policy/legislation/funding/2011.shtml 85804AAF-0FC8-4D4C-891F-534BDFC11BAA Thu, 20 May 2010 15:13:59 -0400