HR 4994 119th Congress
Safe Air on Airplanes Act
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall update the regulations to issue regulations to phase out the use of bleed air systems in certain aircraft, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Safe Air on Airplanes ActThis bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to update regulations to phase out and prohibit bleed air systems in certain types of aircraft. In general, a bleed air system uses compressed air that is taken from an aircraft engine that is upstream of the combustion chamber and provides pressurized air for the aircraft’s environmental control system (e.g., ventilation).Under the bill, the FAA must prohibit new turbine and turboprop aircraft designs from using bleed air systems,require (beginning seven years after the bill’s enactment) that any bleed air system in a newly manufactured aircraft is fitted with a filter (i.e., a device that removes gaseous and particulate components of oil fumes), andprovide for a phaseout (over a 30-year period) of the use of bleed air systems in existing turbine and turboprop aircraft designs.
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- Introduced in HouseAug 19, 2025