Presidential Airlift Security Act of 2025
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-05-19
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Officially: “Presidential Airlift Security Act of 2025” Read the full text
Armed Forces and National Security
What it does
The bill would stop the Department of Defense from using fiscal year 2025 or 2026 funds to buy, modify, restore, or maintain an aircraft for presidential air travel. This ban applies only to aircraft previously owned by a foreign government, an entity controlled by a foreign government, or a representative of a foreign government.
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title 'Presidential Airlift Security Act of 2025.'
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2Prohibition on use of funds to procure or modify foreign aircraft for presidential airlift
This section would bar the Department of Defense from using any funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year 2026 to procure, modify, restore, or maintain an aircraft that was previously owned by a foreign government, by an entity controlled by a foreign government, or by a representative of a foreign government, when the purpose is to provide options for presidential airlift.
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Where it is
Introduced · 2025-05-19
In the Senate.
Committee, then floor votes in both chambers · next
Official documents
The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-12. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
2%
of bills introduced became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=16,213)
3
sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLEvia REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE
2 filingsFrom 2 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2973; text: CR S2973) (2025-05-19).