House Passes DHS Bill With FFDO Improvements, Lid On Taxes

The House-passed Homeland Security Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2006 (H.R. 1817) improves the federal flight deck officer (FFDO) program but prohibits raising airline ticket taxes to increase the DHS budget; the bill passed 424-4 in a floor vote Wednesday night. House Transportation aviation...

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