H.R. 7501

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7501 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7501

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
issue certain regulations eliminating public charters from being 
eligible for on-demand eligibility under part 380 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 11, 2026

Mr. Kennedy of New York (for himself and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure

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A BILL

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
issue certain regulations eliminating public charters from being 
eligible for on-demand eligibility under part 380 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations, and for other purposes.

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 ``Safe Flights for Passengers and 
Flight Crews Act''.

SEC. 2. ON-DEMAND ELIGIBILITY.

(a) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
beginning 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, any 
passenger-carrying scheduled charter operation shall be regulated by 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration as a domestic 
operation or a flag operation, as the case may be, under part 121 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, when operating an aircraft 
having a passenger-seat configuration of more than 9 passenger seats, 
excluding each crewmember seat.
(b) Effect of Rulemaking.--The requirements of subsection (a) shall 
take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, regardless 
of whether the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration has 
issued regulations to implement such requirement.
(c) Passenger-carrying Scheduled Charter Operation Defined.--In 
this section, the term ``passenger-carrying scheduled charter 
operation'' means any common carriage passenger-carrying operation for 
compensation or hire conducted by an air carrier or commercial operator 
that is a public charter operation under part 380 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations, for which the certificate holder or its 
representative offers in advance the departure location, departure 
time, and arrival location.
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