The record

LegislationLegislation· Mar 2026
HR 6427 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Nicholas J. Begich (R)

Airport Regulatory Relief Act of 2025

Lets smaller airports use state highway standards instead of federal standards for pavement projects.

Tradeoff

Reduces FAA review requirements for pavement at nonprimary commercial airports. The FAA must still verify the standards won't harm safety, but no longer has to check if pavement will last as long.

What's in it

See official bill text

No significant cost or savings; negligible effect on federal spending and deficit over the budget window.

This is a regulatory streamlining bill with no federal cost — the FAA enforcement burden is minimal, and the real impact is on nonprimary airports, which gain the flexibility to use state pavement standards instead of federal standards without affecting the total federal grant pool.

H.R. 6427, Airport Regulatory Relief Act of 2025 · Feb 2026

Passed the House by on March 24, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Dec 4, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure(Dec 4, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Dec 18, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-552.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Mar 24, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Mar 25, 2026)