https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/02\/04\/congress\/mike-johnson-promised-cruz-a-house-vote-on-air-safety-bill-00764270<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“The legislation addresses various issues tied to last year\u2019s fatal Washington air disaster, including advanced location-tracking technology on aircraft. But the ROTOR Act has met stiff resistance from the chair of the House Transportation Committee.<\/p>\n
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The Senate passed the bill, S. 2503, from Cruz and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), via unanimous consent in December. <\/p>\n
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Transportation Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has objected to the bill, saying he wants big changes to it.<\/p>\n
In a series of recent interviews, Graves has cited concerns over impacts to general aviation, the small-scale flights that range from recreational trips on single-engine planes to crop dusting.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the top Democrat on the House transportation panel, Rep. Rick Larsen of Washington, said in an interview he was mulling two options: either adjusting the ROTOR Act or crafting new legislation after the National Transportation Safety Board last week issued 50 recommendations related to the catastrophe, which killed 67 people.<\/p>\n
In a separate interview Tuesday, Graves said his committee will have a bipartisan response to the midair collision.<\/p>\n
Victims\u2019 families and the chair of the NTSB have backed the ROTOR Act.<\/p>\n
One of the NTSB\u2019s recommendations mirrors a key component of the Senate bill: a mandate of an advanced location-receiving technology \u2014 called Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, or ADS-B In \u2014 on planes and helicopters flying in busy airspace.<\/p>\n
Graves, an avid pilot and longtime general aviation booster, doesn\u2019t support the ROTOR Act\u2019s ADS-B In requirement, as written.”<\/p>\n
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