On the eve of the investigative hearings, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation called "The Rotor Act," which would require all aircraft, including military, to transmit ADSB location when flying -- a system that allows aircraft to transmit its location to other aircraft as well as to air traffic controllers.

Three days of investigative hearings on the deadly midair collision over Washington in January begin Wednesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday that testing showed faulty altitude data in U.S. Army helicopters like the one that collided with an American Airlines plane on January 29, killing 67 near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.