# 119-hr-6153: Communities Before Air Tourism Act

119-hr-6153, Communities Before Air Tourism Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6153
- Congress: 119
- Title: Communities Before Air Tourism Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-11-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-10

## Summary

**Community well-being** would become an explicit factor in decisions about commercial air tour operations over national parks. The bill would also expand the law to cover any community whose lands are, or may be, overflown, in addition to Indian tribes. - Residents and local communities: Their well‑being would be an explicit consideration when officials negotiate voluntary air tour agreements that affect national parks. - Tribal communities: Tribes remain part of the statute’s protections, but the bill expressly extends consideration to non‑tribal communities whose lands are or may be overflown. - Park managers and commercial air tour operators: Voluntary agreements and management decisions would need to take community well‑being and a broader set of affected communities into account under existing statutory authority. - Federal administration: The change adjusts the factors the Secretary of Transportation must consider and does so without creating new funding, programs, or enforcement mechanisms.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Community well-being in air tours: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would change what the Transportation Secretary must consider for commercial air tours over national parks. It would add the "well-being of communities" overflown by those aircraft as an explicit factor. It would also expand the phrase for affected communities to include any com…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6153 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6153)

## Related
- [119-hr-1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1768)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6153 (as of 2026-10-10).