PAPA Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4146 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4146

    To limit the use of data from automatic dependent surveillance-
               broadcast systems, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2025

  Mr. Onder introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To limit the use of data from automatic dependent surveillance-
               broadcast systems, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act of 
2025'' or the ``PAPA Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. USE OF DATA FROM AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST.

    (a) Limitation on Use of Data.--Data from automatic dependent 
surveillance-broadcast may not be used by any person, governmental 
agency, or other entity to identify aircraft for the purpose of 
obtaining revenue from the owner or operator of such aircraft without 
the consent of such owner or operator.
    (b) Use of Data by Air Traffic Controllers.--Automatic dependent 
surveillance-broadcast data--
            (1) may be used to assist air traffic controllers in 
        tracking aircraft and improving air traffic safety and 
        efficiency; and
            (2) may not be used for any proposed purpose other than the 
        purpose under paragraph (1) unless the Secretary of 
        Transportation, after notice and an opportunity for public 
        comment, determines that such data may be used for such 
        proposed purposes consistent with this section.

SEC. 3. LIMIT ON USE OF ADS-B DATA.

    Section 46101(c) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may 
not'' and inserting ``neither the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration nor any other Federal, State, local, territorial, or 
Tribal official may''.

SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF FEES ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 401 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 40133. Imposition of fees on general aviation aircraft
    ``(a) Public Availability.--Prior to imposing a landing or takeoff 
fee on general aviation aircraft, the owner or operator of a public-use 
airport (as defined in section 47102) shall make available to the 
public--
            ``(1) all efforts such owner or operator has undertaken to 
        reduce non-airside related expenses;
            ``(2) all efforts such owner or operator has undertaken to 
        obtain revenues from sources other than general aviation 
        aircraft;
            ``(3) the total cost estimate of the airside safety 
        projects that such owner or operator plans to undertake, the 
        amount or percentage of the fees imposed on general aviation 
        aircraft that will be used to pay for such projects, and an 
        estimated timeline to collect such amount; and
            ``(4) an assessment of the impact of any fees on the health 
        and vitality of general aviation and on the pilots, students, 
        nonprofit organizations and businesses that support or rely on 
        general aviation in the area of the airport.
    ``(b) Use of Fees.--Any revenues derived from fees imposed on 
general aviation aircraft described in subsection (a) may only be used 
for airside safety projects.
    ``(c) Regulations.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may promulgate such regulations or impose such reporting 
requirements as may be necessary to implement this section.
    ``(d) General Aviation Aircraft Defined.--In this section, the term 
`general aviation aircraft' means an aircraft that is being used for 
personal, recreational, flight training, or for purposes other than 
scheduled airline operations or military flights.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 401 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``40133. Imposition of fees on general aviation aircraft.''.
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