HR 6427
Passed a chamber
Allows nonprimary airports to use a state's highway specifications for airfield pavement work funded under federal airport grant provisions, for aircraft up to 60,000 pounds, once the Secretary determines those specifications will not negatively affect safety.
Official title: Airport Regulatory Relief Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
04-DEC-2025
Referred
04-DEC-2025
Approved by committee
18-DEC-2025
Reported
16-MAR-2026
On the calendar
16-MAR-2026
Passed
24-MAR-2026
Senate
Received
25-MAR-2026
- Requires the Secretary to use a state's highway specifications for airfield pavement construction and improvement at nonprimary airports when the state gives notice that its airports intend to use them.
- Limits this to airports serving aircraft that do not exceed 60,000 pounds gross weight.
- Requires the Secretary to decide within 6 months of a state's notice whether the specifications will negatively affect safety, with extensions of 6 months allowed and additional extensions permitted.
- Amends section 47114(d)(4) of title 49, United States Code.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (16-MAR-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 24-MAR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
- Aviation Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Transportation and Public Works
■ 2 D■ 1 R
2 Democrats
1 Republican