Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the FAA to publish and maintain a user-friendly public list of medications that are approved, disallowed, or otherwise relevant to aviation medical certification.
Who Benefits and How
Airmen, air traffic control specialists, trainees, and their doctors could get clearer guidance on which medications are compatible with FAA medical certification.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The FAA would have to build, maintain, update, and disseminate the medication list in consultation with multiple stakeholders.
Key Provisions
- Requires the FAA to publish and maintain a publicly available medication list within one year.
- Specifies consultation, usability, and content requirements for the list, including approved and do-not-issue medications.
- Requires annual updates after initial publication.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the FAA to publish and maintain a user-friendly public list of medications that are approved, disallowed, or otherwise relevant to aviation medical certification.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Healthcare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires the FAA to publish and maintain a user-friendly public list of medications that are approved, disallowed, or otherwise relevant to aviation medical certification.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Airmen, air traffic control specialists, and trainees seeking medical certification
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- FAA administrators responsible for publishing and updating the list
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Durbin, and Mrs. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Airmen and trainees seeking FAA medical certification
Air traffic control specialists and trainees seeking FAA medical certification
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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