119 HR 7501 IH: Safe Flights for Passengers and Flight Crews Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-02-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7501IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 11, 2026Mr. Kennedy of New York (for himself and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Safe Flights for Passengers and Flight Crews Act.

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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.