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H.R. 5231, the Safe Airspace for Americans Act, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on September 9, 2025 by Mr. Garcia of California with three cosponsors. The bill would require the FAA Administrator to set up procedures for civilian aviation personnel to report, archive and investigate unidentified anomalous phenomena incidents and to share them with the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office. It also protects reporters' medical and airmen certificates, bars reprisals, and defines UAP and transmedium objects.
7 •HR 5231 IH carrier or commercial operator under part 119 of title 14,1 Code of Federal Regulations shall not—2 (1) take or fail to take, or threaten to take or3 fail to take, a personnel action, or termination of4 employment, with respect to any individual as a re-5 prisal for spotting, visually witnessing or reporting6 of unidentified anomalous phenomena to the Admin-7 istrator; or8 (2) issue a cease and desist letter to any indi-9 vidual or organization for spotting, visually wit-10 nessing, or reporting of unidentified anomalous phe-11 nomena to the Administrator.12 (k) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-13 gress that—14 (1) all unidentified anomalous phenomena en-15 counters by aviation personnel should be reported,16 particularly when such encounters involve a potential17 safety or national security concern; and18 (2) employers and governmental officials should19 take actions to reduce the stigma of reporting un-20 identified anomalous phenomena.21 (l) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act:22 (1) UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA.—23 The term ‘‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’’24 means—25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:20 Sep 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5231.IH H5231 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
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