A bipartisan aviation safety measure could soon get a floor vote in the House more than a year after a midair collision near Washington involving an Army helicopter and a commercial jet killed 67 people.
Two panels—the House Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Armed Services committees—approved the proposed ALERT Act (H.R. 7613) Thursday. The vote was unanimous in both committees. The approvals followed changes that expanded provisions requiring aircraft use safety technology called Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast.
“This is a vastly different bill than the one originally introduced,” Rep.