ROTOR Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6222 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6222 To require all aircraft to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, to improve aviation safety, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2025 Mr. Onder (for himself and Mr. Beyer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require all aircraft to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, to improve aviation safety, 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 ``Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform Act'' or the ``ROTOR Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. (2) ADS-b in.--The term ``ADS-B In'' means onboard avionics equipment that receives and processes Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast transmissions that are broadcast in accordance with sections 91.225 and 91.227 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations), and other aviation advisory information from ground stations, that provides the aircraft with awareness to the location of other aircraft and traffic advisories. (3) ADS-b out.--The term ``ADS-B Out''-- (A) has the meaning given such term in section 91.227 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations;