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Aviation: Weather Safety Staffing Requirements

Also known as: Aviation Weather Safety Improvement Act

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Key Points

  • This bill, introduced by Ms. Gillen, aims to make flying safer by making sure every aviation weather unit has enough workers. These units provide real-time weather updates that help pilots and air traffic controllers avoid dangerous storms and heavy winds.
  • The plan requires the National Weather Service and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to work closely with employee unions to decide how many staff members are needed. This coordination ensures that experts are always available to help guide planes safely through the sky.
  • To ensure the plan is working, the Secretary of Transportation would have to send a report to Congress every year. These reports will show whether the weather units are properly staffed and if the new safety measures are helping to keep flights moving efficiently.

Milestones

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Jan 30, 2026House

Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jan 30, 2026

Introduced in House

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Aviation Weather Safety Improvement Act

Bill NumberHR 7275
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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