Washington, April 13 -- Congressman Tom Barrett issued the following press release:
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7613 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7613), the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency (ALERT) Act. This bipartisan aviation safety legislation, which passed with the support of Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07), includes several key provisions Barrett led in response to the January 2025 mid-air collision between a Black Hawk military helicopter and a commercial aircraft in the skies above the Potomac, claiming 67 lives.
"Nothing Congress can say or do will ever bring back the 67 innocent lives lost in the tragic collision over Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. ...