PAPA Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Onder
In Committee
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.
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- 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.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New limits on plane tracking data
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 without consent. The limits would apply to federal, state, local, territorial, and Tribal officials.
Airports must justify general aviation fees
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, and a collection timeline. They would assess local impacts on pilots, students, nonprofits, and aviation businesses. Any fee money could only fund airside safety projects. The FAA could set rules and reports. Airports could still choose to charge fees.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Onder
MO • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10]
GA • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
AL • R
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
AR • R
Sponsored 12/23/2025
Hern (OK)
OK • R
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Franklin, Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Johnson (SD)
SD • R
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]
AK • R
Sponsored 2/13/2026
Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]
IN • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
NC • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
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