H.R. 7501

Summary

H.R. 7501, the Safe Flights for Passengers and Flight Crews Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 11, 2026 by Rep. Timothy Kennedy (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Subcommittee on Aviation, and last saw action on Feb 12, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Record

Text

H.R. 7501 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 7501 IH: Safe Flights for Passengers and Flight Crews Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-02-11
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7501  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    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Safe Flights for Passengers and Flight Crews Act  .
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.

Tracker

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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.

Sponsors

Rep. Timothy Kennedy (D) sponsors H.R. 7501, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Timothy Kennedy

Rep. · D–NY-26 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 11, 2026

Nicholas Langworthy

Rep. · R–NY-23 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 11, 2026 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 7501 went before 2 committees: Aviation Subcommittee and Transportation and Infrastructure.

Aviation Subcommittee

Aviation Subcommittee

Referred to · Feb 12, 2026 · 73 Bills

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Referred To · Feb 11, 2026 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 7501 has taken 3 actions since Feb 11, 2026, the latest on Feb 12, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 7501 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 7501 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Safe Flights for Passengers and Flight Crews Act — Display Title
• Safe Flights for Passengers and Flight Crews Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 10 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 7501 in 4 quarterly filings, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Aerospace, Defense.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 7501 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 7501’s is Transportation and Public Works.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 7501, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KENNEDY of New York:H.R. 7501.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3, Section 8, Title 1 of the Constitution[Page H2187]

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