Airport Regulatory Relief Act of 2025 This bill reduces the requirements for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow a state to use its state highway standards, instead of federal standards, for airfield pavement projects at certain smaller commercial aviation airports. The bill also requires the FAA to act within a certain time period. Under current law, airports are generally required to meet FAA standards for Airport Improvement Program-funded construction. For certain nonprimary commercial service airports (i.e., airports that have 2,500 to 10,000 passenger boardings annually) t
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title 'Airport Regulatory Relief Act of 2025.'
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1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Airport Regulatory Relief Act of 2025 .
2Use of State highway standards
This section would rewrite paragraph (4) of section 47114(d) of title 49, United States Code. Under the rewritten rule, the Secretary of Transportation would be required to use a state's highway construction specifications for airfield pavement construction and improvement projects that are paid for with funds made available under section 47114(d) or under section 47114(c)(1)(D). This requirement would apply only at nonprimary airports that serve aircraft weighing no more than 60,000 pounds gross weight. Both of the following conditions would have to be met before the state highway specifications could be used: (A) the state must give the Secretary notice that nonprimary airports in the state intend to use the state's highway specifications, and (B) the Secretary must determine that using those specifications would not negatively affect safety.
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2. Use of State highway standards
Section 47114(d)(4) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(4) Use of State highway specifications
The Secretary shall use the highway specifications of a State for airfield pavement construction and improvement using funds made available under this subsection or subsection (c)(1)(D) at nonprimary airports serving aircraft that do not exceed 60,000 pounds gross weight if—
(A) such State provides notice to the Secretary that nonprimary airports in the State intend to use such highway specifications; and
(B) the Secretary determines that such specifications will not negatively affect safety.
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of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
4
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVESvia AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES
3 filings
AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL -- NORTH AMERICAvia AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL -- NORTH AMERICA
2 filings
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE AVIATION OFFICIALSvia NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE AVIATION OFFICIALS
1 filing
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Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (2026-03-25).