House nixes Senate air-safety ROTOR Act, setting up rival bill showdown

The House voted 264-133 to reject the Senate-passed ROTOR Act, stalling a bipartisan air-safety measure and highlighting a split within Republicans over aviation policy. House leaders and key chairs opposed the ROTOR Act, pushing their own ALERT Act alternative, while victims’ families and the NTSB supported ROTOR; the Pentagon had reversed course on ROTOR due to budget and security concerns. With ROTOR defeated, a House markup of the rival ALERT Act is anticipated, and cross‑chamber talks on aviation safety and related funding and policy issues continue in a fractious political environment.