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Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2025
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit helicopter flights near Statue of Liberty National Monument, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits civil helicopter flights within a 20-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, effective 60 days after enactment. Exceptions are provided for flights related to public health and safety, including law enforcement, emergency response, disaster relief, and medical services, as well as for infrastructure maintenance and construction. The Federal Aviation Administration must issue or update regulations within 90 days to implement these flight restrictions.
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Actions (3)
- May 5, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. · house
- May 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- May 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 5, 2025
Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Meng, Ms. Velazquez, and Mrs. McIver) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit helicopter flights near Statue of Liberty National Monument, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON HELICOPTER FLIGHTS NEAR STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENT.
(a) In General.—Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Sec. 44749. Prohibition on helicopter flights near Statue of Liberty National Monument
“(a) In General.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, no person may operate a civil helicopter in covered airspace except as provided for under subsection (b).
“(b) Exceptions.—
“(1) Public health and safety.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to a flight carried out for purposes of public health and safety, including—
“(A) law enforcement;
“(B) emergency response;
“(C) disaster response;
“(D) the provision of medical services; and
“(E) providing other services for the benefit of the general public, including flights carried out for research or for official purposes by a news organization.
“(2) Infrastructure maintenance.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to a flight carried out for purposes heavy-lift operations in support of construction and infrastructure maintenance.
“(c) Covered Airspace Defined.—In this section, the term ‘covered airspace’ means the airspace within a 20-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.”.
(b) Conforming Amendment.—The table of sections for chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“44749. Prohibition on helicopter flights near Statue of Liberty National Monument.”.
SEC. 3. HELICOPTER FLIGHT ROUTES NEAR STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENT.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue or update such regulations as are necessary to carry out the requirements of section 2. <all>
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