[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9620 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9620

To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a plan for the 
          deployment of Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2026

 Mr. Barrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a plan for the 
          deployment of Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X.

    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 ``Military Next-Gen Collision 
Avoidance Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBORNE COLLISION 
              AVOIDANCE SYSTEM-X.

    (a) ACAS-X Action Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
        submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives and Senate an action plan for advancing the 
        deployment of the Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X (in 
        this section referred to as ``ACAS-X''), ACAS-Xa, ACAS-Xr, 
        ACAS-Xo, ACAS-Xu, ACAS-sXu, ACAS-Xp.
            (2) Contents.--In developing the action plan under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include--
                    (A) a strategic roadmap for the deployment of ACAS-
                X technology, including steps required for widespread 
                adoption among military aircraft;
                    (B) actions and funding necessary to complete any 
                applicable research, development, testing, evaluation, 
                and standards development needed to support the 
                certification of such technology;
                    (C) ACAS-X interoperability considerations for 
                aircraft operators (including rotorcraft operators) 
                equipped with ADS-B Out and ADS-B In equipment;
                    (D) an assessment of safety benefits for aircraft 
                operators equipping with such technology; and
                    (E) any recommendations for administrative or 
                legislative action, as determined appropriate by the 
                Secretary, to advance such technology deployment.
            (3) Implementation.--The Secretary may take actions, as 
        appropriate, to implement the action plan developed under 
        paragraph (1).
            (4) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
        which the Secretary submits the action plan under paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed 
        Services of the House of Representatives and Senate a briefing 
        on the contents of such action plan and any prospective actions 
        to implement such plan.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``ADS-B In'' means onboard avionics equipment 
        that receives and processes Automatic Dependent Surveillance-
        Broadcast transmissions that are broadcast in accordance with 
        sections 91.225 and 91.227 of title 14, Code of Federal 
        Regulations (or any successor regulations), and other aviation 
        advisory information from ground stations, that provides the 
        aircraft with awareness to the location of other aircraft and 
        traffic advisories.
            (2) The term ``ADS-B Out''--
                    (A) has the meaning given such term in section 
                91.227 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and
                    (B) includes equipment that broadcasts information 
                from an aircraft in accordance with sections 91.225 and 
                91.227 of such title 14 (or any successor regulations).
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