Congress·In Committee·H.R. 2353

Safer Skies Act of 2025

Airport Security: New Screening for Charter Flights

Mar 26, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A house committeeNo action in 16 months

The Safer Skies Act of 2025 is currently in the early stages of the legislative process. It has been sent to a subcommittee for review by the House Committee on Homeland Security. The bill is actively moving forward as it waits for further study and potential action from the committee.

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Likely to pass

This bill has a very long list of bipartisan cosponsors from both parties, which usually means it has a strong chance of moving through the House.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 9268 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 9268 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill requires public charter flights to follow the same security rules as major airlines. Currently, some charter companies that sell individual seats on scheduled flights do not have to use standard TSA checkpoints.
The new rules would apply to planes with more than nine seats that publish schedules and sell tickets to the general public. This closes a loophole that allowed these flights to operate from private terminals without the same screening as regular commercial flights.
The TSA would have about one year to update its rules and start overseeing these security checks. This change aims to make air travel safer by ensuring all scheduled commercial passengers go through the same level of security regardless of the type of plane they use.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

3 milestones3 actions

Mar 26, 2025House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Mar 26, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Mar 26, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Safer Skies Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 2353

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

Data Sources

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Sponsor

Cosponsors

(49)

D: 23R: 26

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