S. 3258Senate bill · 119th CongressIn the SenateTransportation and Public Works

Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2026

Sponsored byTammy DuckworthD-ILIntroduced Nov 20, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Oct 1, 2026) — Held at the desk.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Nov 20, 2025

Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to compile, publish, and annually update a list of medications that may be safely prescribed to pilots and air traffic controllers for the purposes of issuing a medical certification. The list must be publicly available on the FAA website and distributed to those seeking a license and medical certification.

Currently, the FAA does not have a list of approved medications. However, the FAA does have lists for Aviation Medical Examiners of Do Not Issue medications and Do Not Fly medications.

Face Value

as introduced

100Narrow

How much of this bill its name accounts for.

Every bill starts at100
Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out

Who lobbied on this

3 organizations

These organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.

Air Line Pilots Associationno position stated
“……” filing ↗
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Associationno position stated
“…for other purposes S.1985 Safe Operations of Shared Airspace Act of 2025 S.2503 Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform (ROTOR) Act S.3258 Aviation Medication Transparency Act S.3929 Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act General Aviation Caucus ADS-B Privacy Airport/FBO…” filing ↗
National Business Aviation Associationno position stated
“…Act of 2025 S 1045 Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025 S 2503 ROTOR Act S 3012 Shutdown Fairness Act S 3257 Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025 S 3258 Aviation Medication Transparency Act Other Issues: FAA/ATC Modernization Advanced Air Mobility Aviation Security and Privacy Aviation Workforce…” filing ↗

Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.

Discussion

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petra.lindqvistDemoTX-19voted Yea6d ago

What I'd want before deciding: who administers it, out of which budget, and who they answer to when it doesn't work. The same objection applied to the last version and went unanswered.

dev.oduyaDemoVI-ALvoted Yea6d ago

Support, without enthusiasm. A narrow fix now beats a comprehensive one that never arrives. That's a drafting question rather than a political one.

nadia.hartleyDemoNV-2voted Yea6d ago

No from me. Pushing the cost to states without saying so is still an unfunded mandate. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.

marisol_qDemoPA-14voted Yea5d ago

"The states are doing it" cuts the other way for me. If it works there, why federalise it?

marisol_qDemoPA-14voted Yea6d ago

The summary reads clearly enough, but the enforcement mechanism is doing all the work and it's the part with the least detail. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.

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