S. 3258 · 119th Congress

Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2026

Introduced on Nov 20, 2025 by Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). 14 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Oct 1, 2026): Held at the desk.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Nov 20, 2025
Cosponsors
14
3 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to publish the list of medications that the Administrator has compiled for purposes of the medical certification of airmen and air traffic control specialists, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Aviation and airports
  • Government information and archives
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Prescription drugs
  • Transportation employees

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Nov 20, 2025). Public domain.

Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to compile, publish, and annually update a list of medications that may be safely prescribed to pilots and air traffic controllers for the purposes of issuing a medical certification. The list must be publicly available on the FAA website and distributed to those seeking a license and medical certification.

Currently, the FAA does not have a list of approved medications. However, the FAA does have lists for Aviation Medical Examiners of Do Not Issue medications and Do Not Fly medications.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tammy DuckworthD-ILSponsor

Democrats · 11

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Nov 20, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 20, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  3. Jul 22, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Sep 14, 2026Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-140.
  5. Sep 14, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-140.
  6. Sep 14, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 559.
  7. Sep 24, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5019; text: CR S5019)
  8. Sep 24, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5019; text: CR S5019)
  9. Sep 28, 2026 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  10. Oct 1, 2026 · HouseReceived in the House.
  11. Oct 1, 2026 · HouseHeld at the desk.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AIRCRAFT OWNERS & PILOTS ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  2. NETJETS ASSOCIATION OF SHARED AIRCRAFT PILOTS3 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  3. WTA -- Advocates for Rural Broadband3 reports
    $345K reported (all issues)
  4. NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION2 reports
  5. NJASAP)2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  6. Southwest Airlines Pilot Association2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  7. Southwest Airlines Pilots Assn.)2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  8. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION1 report
    $266K reported (all issues)
  9. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOTS ASSOCIATION1 report
    $100K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.