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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6898 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to promote advancements and innova-
tion in United States aeronautical research and technology for enhanced 
safety, noise, resiliency, and improved environmental impacts in United 
States aviation systems. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Mrs. SYKES (for herself and Mr. JOYCE of Ohio) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to promote advance-
ments and innovation in United States aeronautical re-
search and technology for enhanced safety, noise, resil-
iency, and improved environmental impacts in United 
States aviation systems. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airship Improvement 
Research for Safety and Humanitarian Innovation 
Projects Act’’ or the ‘‘AIRSHIP Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) airships could contribute to sustainable and 
clean air cargo transportation; 
(2) airships may one day find much needed ap-
plications in supporting disaster response efforts or 
delivering humanitarian aid to those in need and to 
areas that may be inaccessible; and 
(3) advances in airship design and technology 
could enable and reintroduce the world to practical, 
economical, and environmentally friendly airship 
transportation. 
(b) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 40112 
of title 51, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) OBJECTIVE.—The Administrator’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by 
inserting ‘‘, airship,’’ after ‘‘rotorcraft’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) APPROACH.—The Administrator may es-
tablish a program of competitively awarded grants 
available to teams of researchers that may include 
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the participation of individuals from universities, in-
dustry, and government for the conduct of this re-
search.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) OBJECTIVE.—The Administrator’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), as so designated, in 
the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, airship,’’ after 
‘‘fixed wing vehicles’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) APPROACH.—The Administrator may es-
tablish a program of competitively awarded grants 
available to teams of researchers that may include 
the participation of individuals from universities, in-
dustry, and government for the conduct of this re-
search.’’. 
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