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119-hr-7553119th CongressWALLET

Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act

Sponsored By: Representative Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]

In Committee

Summary

Faster, more transparent FAA type certification would encourage aviation innovation and speed approval of new aircraft designs. The bill would require public plans, clearer timelines, and greater use of consensus and performance-based standards to help advanced air mobility and other next-generation aircraft reach the market.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

FAA public plan for certifications

This bill would require the FAA Administrator to publish a public plan on the FAA website within 180 days after enactment. The plan would explain how to improve the issue paper process for type and supplemental type certificates. It would say where industry consensus standards can be used, promote stable policy, and encourage performance-based standards. The Administrator would consult industry trade groups, prospective airport or vertiport providers, and FAA union representatives while making the plan.

Updated delegation guidance for certification

This bill would require the FAA Administrator to publish updated delegation guidance on the FAA website within 90 days after enactment. The guidance would set criteria for which applicants can receive delegation and would classify compliance findings as routine or safety-critical. It would require documentation and management review when the FAA does not use authorized representatives and would ask the FAA to consider safety, predictability for new technologies, and U.S. leadership.

Timelines, reporting, and limits

This bill would require the FAA to set standard expected timeline ranges for type certification milestones within 270 days after enactment. The timelines would cover issue papers, FAA response times, time from special-condition closure to rulemaking, responses to petitions, and applicant replies to FAA information requests. The bill would let the Administrator exclude complex unsafe issues from those timelines and would say the timelines do not create new legal rights and cannot be reviewed in court. The Administrator would report to Congress within 180 days after setting the timelines and every year about meeting the timelines and missed deadlines.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]

    IN • D

    Sponsored 2/12/2026

  • Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 2/12/2026

  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 2/12/2026

  • Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 3/26/2026

  • Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 4/20/2026

  • Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 4/27/2026

  • Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]

    KS • R

    Sponsored 5/7/2026

Roll Call Votes

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