Responded to initial NTSB recommendations with a commitment to act on any legislative fixes needed to keep passengers and crew safe.
Act on legislative fixes needed to keep passengers and crew safe.
Occurrences
Pledged to act on recommendations from an initial NTSB investigative hearing on the tragic midair collision.
pledging continued action to prevent future tragedies
Evidence
NTSB records the January 29, 2025 collision killed 64 people aboard the airplane and 3 aboard the helicopter, and issued FAA recommendations on controller training, risk assessment, airspace limits, anti-blocking technology, collision alerts, helicopter-route safety, and collision-avoidance equipage.
Davids’ office said she helped introduce the ALERT Act to modernize aviation safety systems, strengthen air traffic controller training, and reduce future tragedies after Flight 5342.
The bill text would require aircraft collision mitigation technology, improve helicopter route safety and airport separation, update air traffic control procedures, and address Defense Department airspace safety.
Davids said she voted in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the ALERT Act and would keep working to strengthen the final product.
House Roll Call 110 lists H.R. 7613, the ALERT Act, as passed 396-10 on April 14, 2026; Davids (KS) voted Yea.
Davids’ office said the House passed her ALERT Act, supported by NTSB, and that the bill would modernize technology, improve training, and address communication gaps.
Congress.gov records H.R.3935 passed the House, passed the Senate, and became Public Law 118-63 on May 16, 2024.
House Roll Call 200 records final House agreement to the Senate amendment to H.R.3935, 387-26; Davids (KS) voted Yea.
Public Law 118-63 includes aviation safety improvements such as runway-incursion prevention, secondary cockpit barriers, cabin air safety, crewmember self-defense training, and deterring crewmember interference.
Assessments
The promise was broad: to act on legislative fixes for passenger and crew safety. Davids materially acted on aviation safety through the ALERT Act in 2026, including introduction, committee advancement, and House passage, though that bill was not yet fully enacted. More importantly, she voted for the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, which became Public Law 118-63 and included concrete aviation safety provisions affecting passengers and crew. Because the enacted delivery occurred after the campaign context rather than immediately in the same term, the timing is best classified as later_term.