S.3866

A bill to provide for updates to the Federal Aviation Administration type certification process to support development of new and novel technologies, and for other purposes.

Introduced·2/12/26
Introduced

S. 3866

Introduced in Senate · March 3, 2026

February 12, 2026

Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Luján, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Moran, Mr. Young, and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To provide for updates to the Federal Aviation Administration type certification process to support development of new and novel technologies, and for other purposes.

1. Table of contents; 2. Transparency of the FAA type certification process; 3. Criteria for FAA issue papers; 4. FAA delegation guidance

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,