ALERT Act
Sponsored By: Representative Graves
In Committee
Summary
Requires modern collision-avoidance and collision-mitigation technology across selected civil aircraft and rotorcraft while forcing a formal DoD‑DOT agreement to manage military flights in congested airspace. It also directs FAA staffing, training, and alert upgrades focused on Reagan National to reduce midair risk.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
ATO safety culture audit and response
If enacted, the bill would require the Department of Transportation Inspector General to begin an audit of the Air Traffic Organization's safety culture and safety management system within 30 days. The audit would examine data sharing, why risks before January 29, 2025, were not caught in Reagan National airspace, testing and reporting practices, and retaliation concerns. The Inspector General must report to Congress within one year, and the Secretary must respond to DOT/FAA recommendations within 120 days of the report.
Controller training and Reagan National fixes
If enacted, the bill would require FAA reviews and rule changes to improve air traffic controller training, staffing, and procedures. The FAA would form a working group on initial and recurrent controller training within 180 days and finish rule changes within a set timetable after that. The FAA must review miles‑in‑trail standards within 60 days and assess Class B/C facilities, update post‑incident drug and alcohol testing procedures within 180 days, document combined control positions within one year, use time‑based flow management at Potomac TRACON within one year, and review and revise helicopter routes and charts near Reagan National with reports to Congress (first helicopter chart report due December 31, 2026).
Stronger alerting and safety tools for controllers
If enacted, the bill would fund and require several FAA efforts to improve real-time alerts and controller tools. The FAA would assess technology to detect blocked radio transmissions and report within one year, seek an agreement with a federally funded research center within 180 days to build a real-time safety risk tool, and form a Conflict Alert Task Force within 3 months to make and implement an upgrade plan within two years. The bill would also require an FAA process to notify parties about airborne loss-of-separation events and to give deidentified data to the ASIAS program, and would create working groups to study shared-frequency use and to define 'close proximity encounters.'
New collision‑avoidance rules for aircraft
If enacted, the bill would require FAA rulemaking to make many civil airplanes and rotorcraft use upgraded collision-avoidance systems and ADS-B In reception. The FAA would start a negotiated rulemaking within 45 days and must finish a final rule within two years, with required equipage effective no later than December 31, 2031. The bill also directs a separate rulemaking process for ACAS‑Xa (fixed wing) and ACAS‑Xr (rotorcraft), with deadlines for reports, NPRMs, and final rules and a December 31, 2026 performance‑standard deadline for rotorcraft. The law would allow alternate compliance (for example, approved portable ADS‑B In receivers) during phased implementation.
New DoD rules for military aircraft safety
If enacted, the bill would require a DoD–DOT memorandum of agreement by September 30, 2026, to govern how DoD aircraft without ADS‑B Out or collision mitigation are accommodated in the National Airspace System. The law would require DoD manned rotary‑wing safety management systems and training by March 1, 2027, set cross‑department flight‑data sharing standards with the FAA, and direct DoD to identify and equip certain non‑fighter aircraft with collision‑mitigation tech. At the same time, the bill preserves DoD control over equipment selection to protect operational security and allows case‑by‑case exemptions for certain aircraft; it would also repeal section 2654 of title 10.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Graves
MO • R
Cosponsors
Larsen (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rogers (AL)
AL • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Smith (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Crawford
AR • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rouzer
NC • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Mann
KS • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Ezell
MS • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Fong
CA • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Hurd (CO)
CO • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Wittman
VA • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Kiggans (VA)
VA • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
McCormick
GA • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Scott, Austin
GA • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Wilson (SC)
SC • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Courtney
CT • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Brownley
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Wilson (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
DeSaulnier
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Friedman
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Beyer
VA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Subramanyam
VA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Tran
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Fleischmann
TN • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Keating
MA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Figures
AL • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]
MP • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Bell
MO • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Fine
FL • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rose
TN • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Garamendi
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Scholten
MI • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Carter (LA)
LA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Westerman
AR • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Timmons
SC • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Gooden
TX • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Owens
UT • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Babin
TX • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Foushee
NC • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Houlahan
PA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Webster (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Moulton
MA • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
DesJarlais
TN • R
Sponsored 2/23/2026
McDonald Rivet
MI • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Alford
MO • R
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Kelly (MS)
MS • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Shreve
IN • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Strickland
WA • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Larson (CT)
CT • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Crank
CO • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Kennedy (UT)
UT • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Huffman
CA • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Goldman (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Castor (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Bost
IL • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Balderson
OH • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Begich
AK • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Fletcher
TX • D
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Evans (CO)
CO • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Lucas
OK • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Smith (NE)
NE • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Van Orden
WI • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
McDowell
NC • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Messmer
IN • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Garcia (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Stefanik
NY • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Knott
NC • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Finstad
MN • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Thanedar
MI • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Obernolte
CA • R
Sponsored 3/9/2026
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 3/19/2026
Huizenga
MI • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
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