US EditionHouse votes down aviation safety bill amid GOP, Pentagon concerns
The ROTOR Act failed with 264 votes in favor, as Pentagon cited security and cost issues, despite NTSB findings that ADS-B In could have prevented the crash that killed 67.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives failed to approve the ROTOR Act fast-track process bill, receiving 264 votes in favor and 133 representatives against.
- In response to the deadly January 2025 crash, advocates pushed for new rules, with family members of victims attending a Senate hearing earlier this month.
- Technical evidence shows ADS‑B Out is already mandated while ADS‑B In receivers aren’t standard, with portable $400 receivers and more than 300 Airbus A321s equipped for $50,000 apiece.
- The families reacted with both strong support and criticism of the House text, as Sam Graves, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman, pledged to keep working with families and senators and said a House bill could be marked up as soon as next week.
- The split between House bill vs. Senate bill approaches leaves implementation to the Federal Aviation Administration’s rulemaking process, with Jennifer Homendy, NTSB Chair, saying the House bill falls short of addressing all 50 NTSB recommendations.
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U.S. House rejects aviation safety bill after Pentagon abruptly withdraws support
The House of Representatives narrowly rejected an aviation safety bill that was spurred by the deadly midair collision near Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, one day after the Pentagon abruptly withdrew its support for the bipartisan bill.The ROTOR Act, as the bill is known, would require wider use of a safety system known as ADS-B in and ADS-B out, which can transmit an aircraft’s location to other aircraft. It would also limit exemptions for milit…
BREAKING: Darrell Issa Votes Against Aviation Safety
Darrell Issa just showed once again how out-of-touch he is with California – this time by voting against a bipartisan aviation safety bill. Issa cast the deciding vote against the ROTOR Act, bipartisan legislation which “would have required planes to carry a type of tracking technology that federal investigators determined could have helped avoid a midair collision over the Potomac River last year that killed 67 people.” Before Issa cast his in…
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House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions like last year’s
The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes. The collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter killed 67 people in January 2025.The National Transportation Safety Board has been recommending such Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast systems to be installed…
House Rejects Bill Aimed at Preventing Future Midair Collisions, Such as DC Crash
The House on Feb. 24 rejected a Senate bill that intended to prevent future midair collisions, like the one over Washington’s Potomac River last year, by mandating the use of key location transmitting technology on all aircraft operating near busy airports. That January 2025 crash between a regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter killed all 67 people on board both aircraft, and renewed the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) cal…
Fight over military aviation safety reform stalls in Congress
A political battle over legislation that safety advocates say would have prevented a deadly crash between a civilian passenger jet and an Army helicopter last year appears to have stalled in Congress. A Senate bill that would’ve mandated military aircraft be equipped with specific signaling technology failed to pass the House Tuesday afternoon. The vote came a day after the Pentagon signaled its opposition to the legislation over “budgetary burd…
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