Next-Gen Collision Avoidance Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7239 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7239 To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to submit to Congress an action plan for advancing the deployment of the Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 27, 2026 Mr. Barrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to submit to Congress an action plan for advancing the deployment of the Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X, 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 ``Next-Gen Collision Avoidance Act''. SEC. 2. ACAS-X ACTION PLAN. (a) ACAS-X Action Plan.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an action plan for advancing the deployment of the Airborne Collision Avoidance System-X (in this section referred to as ``ACAS-X''), ACAS-Xa, ACAS-Xr, ACAS-Xo, ACAS-Xu, ACAS-sXu, ACAS-Xp, or any variant or successor technology, in the national airspace system. The Administrator shall publish the action plan in a publicly available format not later than 10 days after submitting such action plan to Congress. (2) Contents.--In developing the action plan under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall include-- (A) a strategic roadmap for the deployment of ACAS- X technology, including steps required for widespread adoption among aircraft operators; (B) actions