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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.
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- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2025
This bill generally prohibits the operation of a civil helicopter within a 20-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York, New York.
The bill includes an exception for flights carried out for the purposes of (1) public health and safety (e.g., for law enforcement or the provision of medical services), or (2) heavy-lift operations in support of construction and infrastructure maintenance.
The Federal Aviation Administration must issue or update regulations to carry out the requirements of this bill.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- May 5, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- May 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- May 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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