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119th Congress

H.R. 6427

Airport Regulatory Relief Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Nicholas J. Begich III(R-AK)
Introduced
Dec 4, 2025
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Committees
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Official text
Referred in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (3)

Original cosponsors (3)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Reported to House” version

Airport Regulatory Relief Act of 2025 This bill reduces the requirements for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow a state to use its state highway standards, instead of federal standards, for airfield pavement projects at certain smaller commercial aviation airports. The bill also requires the FAA to act within a certain time period. Under current law, airports are generally required to meet FAA standards for Airport Improvement Program-funded construction. For certain nonprimary commercial service airports (i.e., airports that have 2,500 to 10,000 passenger boardings annually) that serve aircraft that do not exceed 60,000 pounds gross weight, the FAA must instead use the state highway standards. A state must request the use of the state standards, and the FAA must determine that their use (1) will not negatively affect safety, and (2) will not result in a shorter life for the pavement. Under the bill, the FAA must use state highway standards for airfield pavement projects at these airports if (1) the state provides notice to the FAA that nonprimary airports intend to use the state standards, and (2) the FAA determines that the state standards will not negatively affect safety. The bill also requires the FAA to make a safety determination within six months of a state providing notice. The FAA may extend the time period by six months if the six months is insufficient to make the determination. For each six-month extension, the FAA must notify the state and provide a justification for the extension.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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