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House Passes Transport Safety Bill Including Restriction on Use of ADS-B Flight Data for Tax Enforcement
The measure restricts how agencies can use aircraft tracking broadcasts to identify privately owned jets. Democrats have criticized the change while supporters say the data should remain limited to safety purposes.
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A transport safety bill passed in the House of Representatives contains a provision that could block agencies from using flight data to help locate privately owned jets. The provision would make it harder to match aircraft seen in their jurisdiction to ownership records. Democrats criticize the measure.
Supporters of the restriction state that the broadcasts were required for safety compliance and shouldn’t be repurposed to generate tax bills. The tracking technology is known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out). ADS-B Out is used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and transmits details such as location and an identification number.
Jeff Prang, Los Angeles County’s assessor, said his office has used the broadcast data since January 1st to identify about 1,000 additional aircraft in the county. Politico published a report on the bill on Sunday.
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