House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to revise regulations for certain individuals carrying out aviation activities who disclose a mental health diagnosis or condition, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sean Casten D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 2, 2025
- Committee actionJun 11, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 8, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2591.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2591, Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025” on August 1, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 11, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61623
- CBO publication date
- August 1, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2591, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-242 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 8, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/242
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2591, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 59, April 2, 2025, Page H1413):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2591, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
43 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 21 Democrats
22 of 43 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Brad Knott (R-NC), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Addison McDowell (R-NC), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), James Moylan (R-GU), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Burgess Owens (R-UT) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Casten.
- H.R. 2592 (119th) Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 7977 (119th) Energy Bills Relief Act
- H.R. 5222 (119th) ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act
- H.R. 7645 (119th) Ceasefire Compliance Act of 2026
- H.R. 381 (119th) LNG Public Interest Determination Act of 2025
- H.R. 1666 (119th) Pell Grant Sustainability Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 1, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.