Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act
Official title: A bill 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: Sen. John Hoeven R-NDWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Committee actionApr 14, 2026
- Passed SenateSep 24, 2026 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3257.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3257, Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2026” on May 26, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62475
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3257, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/3257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-139 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 14, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/139
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3257, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/3257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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
33 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 33 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Katie Britt (R-AL), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Mike Crapo (R-ID), John Curtis (R-UT), Steve Daines (R-MT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Kennedy (R-LA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Reed (D-RI), James Risch (R-ID), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and 3 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.