Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act

House Bill

H.R. 4082

119th Congress

Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act

In Committee

Introduced:Jun 23, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Clay Higgins

Representative

Republican

LA-3

Cosponsors

0

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Transportation and Public Works

Summary

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct research and development on severe air turbulence, including sudden turbulence in clear skies. The goal is to improve monitoring and understanding of turbulence to help mitigate its safety impacts on aircraft crews and passengers.

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

SponsorClay Higgins (R-LA)

Introduced6/23/2025

StatusReferred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

ChamberHouse

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Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct research and development on severe air turbulence, including sudden turbulence in clear skies. The goal is to improve monitoring and understanding of turbulence to help mitigate its safety

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This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct research and development on severe air turbulence, including sudden turbulence in clear skies. The goal is to improve monitoring and understanding of turbulence to help mitigate its safety impacts on aircraft crews and passengers.

Bill Number: 4082
Sponsor: Clay Higgins (R-LA)
Introduced: 6/23/2025
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Policy Area: Transportation and Public Works

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Fact Sheet

Title: Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act
Bill Number: 4082
Sponsor: Clay Higgins (R-LA)
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Introduced: 6/23/2025
Summary: This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct research and development on severe air turbulence, including sudden turbulence in clear skies. The goal is to improve monitoring and understanding of turbulence to help mitigate its safety impacts on aircraft crews and passengers

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct research and development on severe air turbulence, including sudden turbulence in clear skies. The goal is to improve monitoring and understanding of turbulence to help mitigate its safety impacts on aircraft crews and passengers.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

FAA Severe Turbulence Research and Development Act of 2023 This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry out applied research and development on severe air turbulence. Specifically, the FAA, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and in consultation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, must carry out applied research and development to <ul> <li>enhance the monitoring and understanding of severe turbulence, including clear air turbulence (i.e., sudden severe turbulence occurring in cloudless regions that causes violent buffeting of aircraft); and</li> <li>inform the development of measures to mitigate safety impacts on crew and the flying public that may result from severe turbulence. </li> </ul> The FAA may enter into agreements with commercial providers to purchase turbulence data and place instruments on aircraft in order to understand and monitor turbulence. Data collected pursuant to this bill must be widely available and accessible to scientific research, user, and stakeholder communities. Further, the FAA, in collaboration with NOAA, must submit a report to Congress on the research. The report must identify future research and development needed to predict and mitigate the safety impacts that may result from severe turbulence, including clear air turbulence.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Requires the FAA to research and develop ways to better monitor and understand severe turbulence, including clear air turbulence
Allows the FAA to partner with commercial providers to collect turbulence data from aircraft
Requires the FAA to collaborate with NOAA and NASA on this research
Mandates the FAA to report to Congress on future research and development needs for predicting and mitigating turbulence safety impacts

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

If this bill becomes law, it would benefit airline passengers and crews by improving the aviation industry's ability to predict and respond to dangerous turbulence. It could lead to better turbulence detection and forecasting systems, which would enhance air travel safety and comfort.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Transportation and Public Works

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

4082, 119th Congress (2025). "Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-4082