House Rejects Aviation Safety Bill After Pentagon Flags Concerns

The US House of Representatives voted down a Senate-backed bill that supporters said would improve aviation safety but was opposed by the Defense Department.

The Rotor Act, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Republican Senator Ted Cruz and Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell, failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to advance in the House.

The measure required a super majority in order to pass under procedures for fast-tracking legislation.

Unanimously passed by the Senate in December, the bill included changes to increase the use of aircraft tracking technology and require more information sharing between the military and the US Federal ...