AIRSPACE LOCATION AND ENHANCED RISK TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2026

On 2026-04-14, Representative Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21) delivered a floor speech titled "AIRSPACE LOCATION AND ENHANCED RISK TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2026" in the House. The speech addressed taxes and also covered the environment, defense. It referenced legislation: HR7613.

AIRSPACE LOCATION AND ENHANCED RISK TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2026

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 65 (Tuesday, April 14, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 14, 2026)] [House] [Pages H2875-H2876] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] AIRSPACE LOCATION AND ENHANCED RISK TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2026 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7613) to require certain aircraft to be equipped with collision mitigation technology, to improve helicopter route safety and separation around airports, to update air traffic control processes and procedures, to address national airspace system safety in Department of Defense activities, and for other purposes, as amended, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 396, nays 10, not voting 25, as follows: [Roll No. 110] YEAS--396 Adams Aderholt Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Arrington Auchincloss Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Balint Barr Barragan Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bell Bentz Bera Bergman Beyer Bice Biggs (AZ) Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Bishop Boebert Bonamici Bost Bresnahan Brown Brownley Budzinski Burchett Burlison Bynum Calvert Cammack Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Carter (TX) Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Cherfilus-McCormick Chu Ciscomani Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Cline Clyburn Clyde Cohen Cole Collins Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crane Crank Crenshaw Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Donalds Dunn (FL) Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Emmer Escobar Espaillat Estes Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Fields Figures Fine Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Friedman Fry Fulcher Fuller Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gill (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (TX) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Gosar Gottheimer Graves Green, Al (TX) Griffith Grijalva Grothman Guest Guthrie Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Hayes Hern (OK) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houchin Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jack Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) Jacobs James Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Kennedy (UT) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Langworthy Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) [[Page H2876]] Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Lynch Mackenzie Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast Matsui McBride McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McClintock McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McGovern McGuire McIver Meeks Menefee Menendez Meng Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Min Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moore (WV) Moran Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Murphy Nadler Neal Neguse Nehls Newhouse Norcross Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ocasio-Cortez Ogles Olszewski Omar Onder Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Pelosi Perez Peters Pfluger Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Reschenthaler Riley (NY) Rivas Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Ross Rouzer Ruiz Rulli Rutherford Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schmidt Schneider Schrier Schweikert Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Scott, David Self Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (WA) Smucker Sorensen Soto Spartz Stansbury Stanton Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Stevens Strickland Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Taylor Tenney Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Whitesides Wied Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (FL) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke NAYS--10 Brecheen Cloud Downing Hageman Harshbarger Higgins (LA) Norman Perry Roy Waters NOT VOTING--25 Beatty Boyle (PA) Buchanan Casar Comer Crawford Davidson DesJarlais Fletcher Frost Goldman (NY) Gonzales, Tony Gray Hunt Johnson (SD) Kean Mace Mannion McBath McCaul Mfume Pettersen Rose Scholten Thanedar {time} 1958 So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed. =========================== NOTE =========================== On April 14, 2026, page H2876, in the first column, the following appeared: bill was passed. The online version has been corrected to read: bill, as amended, was passed. ========================= END NOTE ========================= The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. The title of the bill was amended so as to read: ``A bill to require certain aircraft to be equipped and operating with collision prevention technology, to improve helicopter route safety and separation around airports, to update air traffic control processes and procedures, to address national airspace system safety in Department of Defense activities, and for other purposes.''. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. personal explanation Mr. THANEDAR. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 109 and YEA on Roll Call No. 110. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Ms. SCHOLTEN. Mr. Speaker, I missed votes today. I had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 109 and YEA on Roll Call No. 110. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I missed the two suspension votes today due to travel delays returning to Washington, DC. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 109 and YEA on Roll Call No. 110. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote today due to an urgent commitment in my Congressional district. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 109 and YEA on Roll Call No. 110. ____________________

Referenced legislation: HR7613, HR7613