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HR3196Referred to Committee

Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-05-05
Introduced
7
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
Democrat · NY · Representative
Votes with party: 98.5% (540 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/N000002

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (7)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Grace Meng (D-NY-6)Original· 2025-05-05
  • LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10)Original· 2025-05-05
  • Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11)Original· 2025-05-05
  • Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7)Original· 2025-05-05
  • Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8)Original· 2025-05-05
  • Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10)· 2025-06-02
  • Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)· 2025-10-03

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

2025-05-05

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureReferred To · 2025-05-05

Previously

  • Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteeReferred To · 2025-05-05

Plain-English 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Transportation and Public Works
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