H.R. 7501 — Introduced in House

I 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7501 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2026Mr. Kennedy of New York (for himself and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue certain regulations eliminating public charters from being eligible for on-demand eligibility under part 380 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Flights for Passengers and Flight Crews Act. 2. On-demand eligibility (a) Requirement Notwithstanding any other provision of law and beginning 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, any passenger-carrying scheduled charter operation shall be regulated by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration as a domestic operation or a flag operation, as the case may be, under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, when operating an aircraft having a passenger-seat configuration of more than 9 passenger seats, excluding each crewmember seat. (b) Effect of rulemaking The requirements of subsection (a) shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, regardless of whether the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration has issued regulations to implement such requirement. (c) Passenger-carrying scheduled charter operation defined In this section, the term passenger-carrying scheduled charter operation means any common carriage passenger-carrying operation for compensation or hire conducted by an air carrier or commercial operator that is a public charter operation under part 380 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, for which the certificate holder or its representative offers in advance the departure location, departure time, and arrival location.