Helicopter Fuel System Safety Act

Bill: 114-hr-4574
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2016-02-12
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aviation and airports

Department of Transportation

Motor fuels

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Helicopter Fuel System Safety Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration, in accordance with the safety recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board (A-15-12), to issue regulations to ensure that certain fuel system crash resistance requirements are met by requiring that all newly manufactured helicopters, regardless of the design's original certification date, have fuel systems that meet such crash-worthiness requirements.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4574 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2016 Mr. Perlmutter (for himself and Mr. Polis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Federal Aviation Administration to adopt safety standards regarding fuel systems in newly manufactured helicopters.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helicopter Fuel System Safety Act . 2. Helicopter crash-resistant fuel systems Not later than December 31, 2016, in accordance with the safety recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board (A–15–12), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue regulations to ensure that the requirements of section 952 of part 27 and section 952 of part 29 of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations are met by requiring that all newly manufactured helicopters, regardless of the design’s original certification date, have fuel systems that meet the crash-worthiness requirements of such sections.