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Safer Skies Act of 2025

To direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to update security screening requirements for certain covered air carrier operations.

Introduced Mar 26, 2025

Latest action (Mar 26, 2025) Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

Referred to
Homeland Security Committee
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works

Summary

This bill requires the Transportation Security Administration to extend security screening standards to certain air carrier operations that currently operate under less stringent requirements. Specifically, covered operations include regional and charter airlines that carry passengers for compensation, offer individual seats in advance with published schedules, operate aircraft with more than nine passenger seats, and do not use TSA-managed passenger checkpoints. The TSA must apply the Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program security standards to these operations within 360 days of the bill's enactment. The bill requires the TSA to update its rules and policies to implement these expanded security requirements.

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Sponsor (1)
50 cosponsors

Actions (3)
  1. Mar 26, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security. · house
  2. Mar 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. · house
  3. Mar 26, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 7526 — Safe Skies Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 1985 — Safe Operations of Shared Airspace Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 5231 — Safe Airspace for Americans Act · Introduced Sep 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 3481 — SAFER SKIES Act · Introduced Dec 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 5028 — SAFE Act of 2025 · Introduced Aug 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 4994 — Safe Air on Airplanes Act · Introduced Aug 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 26, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 26, 2025

Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Bacon, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bresnahan, Ms. Craig, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Kean, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Mann, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Wittman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

A BILL

To direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to update security screening requirements for certain covered air carrier operations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Safer Skies Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING SECURITY SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN COVERED AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS.

(a) In General.—Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, all covered air carrier operations shall be subject to section 1544.101(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulation) (commonly known as the “Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program”).

(b) Requirements.—The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall revise any rules, guidance, or policies of such Administration to comply with the requirements in this section.

(c) Covered Air Carrier Operations Defined.—The term “covered air carrier operations” means air carrier operations that—

(1) operate under parts 135 and 380 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations;

(2) conduct common carriage passenger-carrying operations for compensation or hire for which the certificate holder or a representative of such certificate holder—

(A) offers individual seats in advance; and

(B) provides publicly available schedules that include the departure location, departure time, and arrival location of operations;

(3) operate airplanes with a passenger-seat configuration of more than nine seats; and

(4) do not enplane or deplane in a checkpoint managed by the Transportation Security Administration. <all>

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