Coast Guard Funding, Spectrum Auction Detailed in Senate Commerce Panel’s Budget Bill Section

The proposed section would give $25 billion to the Coast Guard and $12.5 billion to the FAA, and would generate revenue by auctioning off unused spectrum.

Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) delivers an opening statement at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on April 2, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Funding figures and policy changes for air travel, artificial intelligence, spectrum internet, and the U.S. Coast Guard were detailed June 5 in the Senate Commerce Committee’s proposed section of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is budgetary legislation being considered by both houses of Congress as a way to fund the Trump administration’s policy initiatives. The measure passed the House of Representatives by just one vote on May 22.