US HB7526

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to extend FAA flightcrew duty and rest requirements currently applicable to passenger airline pilots to all-cargo airline pilots within 30 days of enactment

References the FAA final rule published January 4, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 330), which established duty and rest requirements for passenger operations but exempted cargo carriers

Exempts the required modification from standard federal rulemaking procedures under 5 U.S.C. § 553, allowing expedited implementation without public notice and comment

Introduced February 12, 2026 with bipartisan sponsorship (Representatives Carbajal, Fitzpatrick, Garamendi, and Bacon) and referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure