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H.R. 2591119th CongressTransportation and Public Works
Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) · 43 active : 22 Republicans, 21 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 8, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govMental Health in Aviation Act of 2025
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to review and update its regulations and policies on mental health for pilots and air traffic controllers.
The FAA must update regulations and take any other actions necessary to implement the recommendations of (1) the Aviation Workforce Mental Health Task Group, and (2) the Mental Health and Aviation Medical Clearances Aviation Rulemaking Committee (the ARC).
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The FAA must also annually review and update, as appropriate, the applicable regulations and policies on mental health-related special issuance for pilots and air traffic controllers. As background, an Authorization for Special Issuance of a Medical Certificate is a discretionary document from the FAA which allows an airman with a disqualifying medical condition to fly under a restricted medical certificate.
Among other things, the review and update must
reclassify and approve additional medications that may be safely prescribed to airmen to treat mental health conditions,
delegate additional authority to aviation medical examiners (AMEs) consistent with the ARC recommendations, and
improve the special issuance process for pilots and air traffic controllers.
The bill authorizes the FAA to take actions to recruit and train additional AMEs.
The bill also authorizes an FAA public information campaign or education efforts to (1) destigmatize individuals in (or interested in joining) the aviation industry who seek mental health care, (2) broaden awareness of available supportive services, and (3) establish trust with pilots and air traffic controllers.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Aviation · HouseReferred to
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Aviation and airports
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Transportation
- Drug therapy
- Government information and archives
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Mental health
- Transportation employees
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
43 activeShow all 43 cosponsors
- Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)
- Rick Larsen (D-WA-2)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24)
- Jack Bergman (R-MI-1)
- Sharice Davids (D-KS-3)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-AL)
- Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP-AL)
- Don Bacon (R-NE-2)
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2)
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)
- Thomas H. Kean (R-NJ-7)
- Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)
- Dina Titus (D-NV-1)
- James C. Moylan
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
