# 119-hr-4146: PAPA Act of 2025

119-hr-4146, PAPA Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4146
- As of: 2026-07-19
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4146
- Congress: 119
- Title: PAPA Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

**Protecting pilot and aircraft privacy** by stopping automatic dependent surveillance‑broadcast (ADS‑B) data from being used to charge owners without their consent and by adding strict transparency and limits on general aviation fees. - Pilots, aircraft owners, students, nonprofits, and general aviation businesses would be protected from having ADS‑B data used to identify an aircraft for the purpose of obtaining revenue from the owner or operator without consent. - Public‑use airports would have to publicly disclose efforts to cut non‑airside costs, efforts to raise revenue from other sources, the total cost estimate and timeline for airside safety projects, the portion of fees that will pay those projects, and an assessment of the fees' impact on general aviation and local users. Revenues from these fees would be restricted to airside safety projects. General aviation aircraft are defined as personal, recreational, flight training, or other non‑scheduled and non‑military uses. - No federal, state, local, territorial, or Tribal official would be allowed to use ADS‑B data to obtain revenue. The Secretary of Transportation could permit other uses after notice and public comment, and the FAA Administrator could write regulations and reporting rules to implement the fee provisions.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2] (R-IN), 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New limits on plane tracking data: benefit, medium. If enacted, government officials could use plane broadcast data only to help air traffic controllers with safety and tracking. Other uses would be banned unless the Transportation Secretary approves them after public comment. No one could use this data to identify a plane to charge the owner withou…
- Airports must justify general aviation fees: mixed, low. If enacted, public-use airports would have to post plans before charging landing or takeoff fees to general aviation planes. They would show efforts to cut non-airside costs and to raise money from other sources. They would list planned airside safety project costs, what share the fees would cover,…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act
- 119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
- 119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4146 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4146)

## Related
- [119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-404)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-703)
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4146 (as of 2026-07-19).