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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4146 
To limit the use of data from automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast 
systems, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2025 
Mr. ONDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To limit the use of data from automatic dependent 
surveillance-broadcast systems, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Pilot and Aircraft Pri-
vacy Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘PAPA Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF DATA FROM AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SUR-
VEILLANCE-BROADCAST. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF DATA.—Data from auto-
matic dependent surveillance-broadcast may not be used 
by any person, governmental agency, or other entity to 
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identify aircraft for the purpose of obtaining revenue from 
the owner or operator of such aircraft without the consent 
of such owner or operator. 
(b) USE OF DATA BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.— 
Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast data— 
(1) may be used to assist air traffic controllers 
in tracking aircraft and improving air traffic safety 
and efficiency; and 
(2) may not be used for any proposed purpose 
other than the purpose under paragraph (1) unless 
the Secretary of Transportation, after notice and an 
opportunity for public comment, determines that 
such data may be used for such proposed purposes 
consistent with this section. 
SEC. 3. LIMIT ON USE OF ADS–B DATA. 
Section 46101(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration may not’’ and inserting ‘‘neither 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
nor any other Federal, State, local, territorial, or Tribal 
official may’’. 
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SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF FEES ON GENERAL AVIATION AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 401 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 40133. Imposition of fees on general aviation air-
craft 
‘‘(a) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Prior to imposing a 
landing or takeoff fee on general aviation aircraft, the 
owner or operator of a public-use airport (as defined in 
section 47102) shall make available to the public— 
‘‘(1) all efforts such owner or operator has un-
dertaken to reduce non-airside related expenses; 
‘‘(2) all efforts such owner or operator has un-
dertaken to obtain revenues from sources other than 
general aviation aircraft; 
‘‘(3) the total cost estimate of the airside safety 
projects that such owner or operator plans to under-
take, the amount or percentage of the fees imposed 
on general aviation aircraft that will be used to pay 
for such projects, and an estimated timeline to col-
lect such amount; and 
‘‘(4) an assessment of the impact of any fees on 
the health and vitality of general aviation and on the 
pilots, students, nonprofit organizations and busi-
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nesses that support or rely on general aviation in the 
area of the airport. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FEES.—Any revenues derived from fees 
imposed on general aviation aircraft described in sub-
section (a) may only be used for airside safety projects. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration may promulgate such regula-
tions or impose such reporting requirements as may be 
necessary to implement this section. 
‘‘(d) GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘general aviation aircraft’ means an 
aircraft that is being used for personal, recreational, flight 
training, or for purposes other than scheduled airline oper-
ations or military flights.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 401 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘40133. Imposition of fees on general aviation aircraft.’’. 
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