PAPA Act of 2025

Protection of Privacy and Revenue: Data from automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast may not be used by any person, government agency, or entity to identify aircraft for the purpose of getting money from the owner or operator without consent (Section 2(a)).

Improved Air Traffic Safety: Data may be used by air traffic controllers to assist in tracking aircraft and improving the safety and efficiency of air traffic (Section 2(b)(1)).

Transparency for General Aviation: Before imposing fees, airport owners must make available information regarding efforts to reduce expenses, efforts to find other revenue, total cost estimates for safety projects, and assessments of how fees impact the local general aviation community (Section s 4(a)(1-4)).

Targeted Use of Fees: Any money collected from fees imposed on general aviation aircraft can only be used for airside safety projects (Section 4(b)).

Restrictions on Data Usage: The Secretary of Transportation may limit the use of data to only those purposes determined to be consistent with this section, unless a new determination is made after public comment (Section 2(b)(2)).

Limitations on Government Officials: The bill expands restrictions so that neither the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration nor any other Federal, State, local, territorial, or Tribal official may use the data in ways prohibited by the act (Section 3).