Senate Committees Support eLoran
April 21, 2009Two leading Senate committees publicly back the eLoran system and question the U.S. President's latest budget proposal. The FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution releases views from the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs backing the continued support for the Loran system, acknowledging the investment already made in infrastructure upgrades and recognizing the studies performed and multi-departmental conclusion that eLoran is the best backup to GPS.
Senator Jay Rockefeller, the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, wrote the committee recognized the priority in "maintaining LORAN-C while transitioning to eLORAN" as means to enhance the homeland security, marine safety and environmental protection missions of the Coast Guard.
Senator Collins, the ranking member on the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs wrote that the President's budget overview proposal to terminate the LORAN-C system is inconsistent with the recent investments, recognized studies and mission of the U.S. Coast Guard. The letter recognizes the $160 million investment already made toward upgrading the LORAN-C system to support the full deployment of eLoran.
The letter also recognizes the many studies which evaluated GPS backup systems and concluded both the need to backup GPS and that eLoran is the best and most viable backup. "This proposal is inconsistent with the recently released (January 2009) Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP), which was jointly prepared by DHS and the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Transportation (DOT). The FRP proposed the eLORAN program to serve as a Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) backup to GPS (Global Positioning System)."
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget FY 2010 sets out the priorities of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget and includes additional views from the various Senate Committees. This document provides a forum for Committees and ranking members of the Senate to voice their views in the current budget process. The full document can be downloaded.
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