Scholten Advances Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Aviation Supply Chain

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Hillary Scholten advanced the Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025with unanimous, bipartisan support out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This bipartisan legislation aims to study the potential to accelerate digital supply chain documentation at the Federal Aviation Administration to improve safety standards and combat forgery within supply chains. Representative Brad Knott (R-NC) is the Republican lead of the legislation.

"Outdata data systems in our aviation supply chain not only cost time and money, they present a threat to safety and security," said Congresswoman Scholten. "It is beyond time for the FAA to transition to digital documentation - a change that prevents counterfeit parts in the supply chain and keeps us all safe. West Michigan is a leader in aerospace and defense manufacturing, proudly home to 406such businesses. We need our federal processes to keep pace with industry. I am proud to be leading this straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan legislation and am glad to see it pass out of committee with unanimous support. I urge Speaker Johnson to move this bill to the floor as soon as possible."

The Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025is a commonsense bill that builds on the work of the Aerospace Supply Chain Resiliency Task Force. The Task Force's report to Congress underscored a concerning rise in counterfeit or improperly documented aerospace parts in the supply chain. Because FAA documentation proving the airworthiness of these parts is not digitized, authorized release certificates are easy to forge, allowing bad actors to slip fraudulent parts into the supply chain. This bill will charge the U.S Government Accountability Office with conducting a study on the barriers to adopting digital documentation and verification throughout the entirety of the aerospace supply chain. The report will include suggestions on voluntary digitalization, as well as best practices to catalyze digital documentation.

Congresswoman Scholten's remarks on the legislation are available here.

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