Bills · 119th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

ALERT Act

Also known as Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency Act of 2026

Where it stands

  1. Introduced2/20/26
  2. Passed HousePassed 4/14/26
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 396–10 on April 14, 2026 (Roll Call 110 →). Received in the Senate on April 15, 2026. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 4/14/26Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic199 Yea · 1 Nay · 13 Not voting
  • Republican196 Yea · 9 Nay · 12 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency Act of 2026 or the ALERT Act

This bill addresses aviation safety by increasing requirements for aircraft tracking and communication using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology and expanding oversight. As background, ADS-B for broadcasting (Out) and receiving (In) transmits information (e.g., location and weather) among aircraft and air traffic control (ATC).

The bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to enter into an agreement regarding the use of collision prevention technologies on DOD aircraft. The agreement must require the use of ADS-B Out as the default practice for DOD helicopters operating in the national airspace, unless such use would affect operational security. For DOD helicopters that are carrying out special missions in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and are exempt from ADS-B Out transmission requirements, DOD must coordinate with DOT to conduct a safety risk assessment and implement appropriate mitigations.

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Sponsor
Rep. Sam Graves ( Republican · MO-6)
Cosponsors
87
Introduced
2/20/26
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (20)
  1. 2/20/26Introduced in House
  2. 2/20/26Referred 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.
  3. 2/21/26Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  4. 3/26/26Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. 3/26/26Subcommittee on Aviation Discharged
  6. 3/26/26Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 62 - 0.
  7. 3/26/26Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 0.
  8. 4/9/26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Armed Services. H. Rept. 119-608, Part I.
  9. 4/9/26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-608, Part II.
  10. 4/9/26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 528.
  11. 4/14/26Mr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  12. 4/14/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2856-2874)
  13. 4/14/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7613.
  14. 4/14/26At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  15. 4/14/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2875-2876)
  16. 4/14/26Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 396 - 10 (Roll no. 110). (text: CR H2856-2870)
  17. 4/14/26On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 396 - 10 (Roll no. 110). (text: CR H2856-2870)
  18. 4/14/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. 4/14/26The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  20. 4/15/26Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.