Safe Air on Airplanes Act
Sponsored By: Representative Frost
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Summary
Phase out bleed air systems from turbine and turboprop aircraft and require interim filtration. This bill would direct the FAA to change aircraft rules so new type-certified designs cannot use bleed air and so production shifts away from bleed-air systems over a set timeline.
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- Passengers and crew would face cleaner cabin air because any newly manufactured aircraft that still uses bleed air must be fitted with filters or air-cleaning devices within 7 years to remove gaseous and particulate oil-fume components.
- Aircraft manufacturers and designers would no longer be allowed to use bleed air in new type-certified turbine and turboprop designs, forcing changes in how future aircraft are engineered.
- Aircraft production and fleet planning would shift as manufacturers must move existing type designs off bleed air and reach a full phase-out within 30 years.
- The FAA would have to update regulations under part 25 and other applicable rules within 6 months to implement these changes.
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Cleaner cabin air on flights
FAA would have to update rules within 6 months. New turbine and turboprop designs would not be allowed to use bleed air systems. Starting 7 years after enactment, newly built planes with bleed air would need filters or air cleaners. Makers would have to show these remove oil‑fume gases and particles. For existing type designs, makers would have to phase out bleed air: at least 25% without it by 10 years, 50% by 20 years, and 100% by 30 years. The bill defines a “bleed air system” as air taken from an engine or APU and sent to air people could breathe or touch.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Frost
FL • D
Cosponsors
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Garamendi
CA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Foushee
NC • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Foster
IL • D
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Salinas
OR • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Dexter
OR • D
Sponsored 3/9/2026
Pappas
NH • D
Sponsored 3/12/2026
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 4/6/2026
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