March 26, 2025
Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Bacon, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bresnahan, Ms. Craig, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Kean, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Mann, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Wittman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
To direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to update security screening requirements for certain covered air carrier operations.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Safer Skies Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Expanding security screening requirements for certain covered air carrier operations
(a) In general
Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, all covered air carrier operations shall be subject to section 1544.101(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulation) (commonly known as the Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program
).
(b) Requirements
The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall revise any rules, guidance, or policies of such Administration to comply with the requirements in this section.
(c) Covered air carrier operations defined
The term covered air carrier operations
means air carrier operations that—
(1)
operate under parts 135 and 380 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations;
(2)
conduct common carriage passenger-carrying operations for compensation or hire for which the certificate holder or a representative of such certificate holder—
(A)
offers individual seats in advance; and
(B)
provides publicly available schedules that include the departure location, departure time, and arrival location of operations;
(3)
operate airplanes with a passenger-seat configuration of more than nine seats; and
(4)
do not enplane or deplane in a checkpoint managed by the Transportation Security Administration.