FAA must add safety rules after a midair collision in January 2026.

What it does

The bill tells the FAA to make planes safer after a crash. Planes must have technology to avoid hitting each other. Helicopter routes near airports must improve. Air traffic controllers need better training. The FAA must create a tool to check for safety risks. The bill sets up groups to study radio signals and blocking technology. The FAA must show the public how fast it is working.

Who it affects

Pilots and passengers fly safer planes. Air traffic controllers get new training. The FAA must follow new rules. People can see online how the FAA is doing its work.

One thing to notice

The bill requires the FAA to tell Congress if it misses any deadlines. The public can track the FAA's progress on a dashboard.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

87 cosponsors: 50 Republicans, 37 Democrats.

• Feb 20, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Feb 20, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed…”
• Mar 26, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Mar 26, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 0”
• Apr 14, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required)…”
• Apr 14, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

77 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 77 reports from Mar 2026 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $25,751,651 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 7 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 99% of bills with any report.

Sam Graves, who sponsored the bill, received $895,513 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Rtx Corporation and Affiliates — $3,860,000 in 1 report
• Fedex Corporation — $2,930,000 in 1 report
• Boeing Company — $2,770,000 in 1 report
• American Honda Motor Co., Inc. — $1,477,000 in 1 report
• Delta Air Lines Inc — $1,460,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• midair collision — Two planes crash into each other while flying in the sky.
• technology — Equipment or tools that help do a job, like warning pilots of danger.
• air traffic controllers — People on the ground who tell pilots where to fly safely.
• dashboard — A webpage where people can see facts and progress on a topic.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.