HR3196-119

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2025.

2. Prohibition on helicopter flights near Statue of Liberty National Monument Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 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). The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to a flight carried out for purposes of public health and safety, including— law enforcement; emergency response; disaster response; the provision of medical services; and providing other services for the benefit of the general public, including flights carried out for research or for official purposes by a news organization. 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. In this section, the term covered airspace means the airspace within a 20-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. 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 (a)In generalNot 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 safetyThe 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 maintenanceThe 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 definedIn this section, the term covered airspace means the airspace within a 20-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.. 44749. Prohibition on helicopter flights near Statue of Liberty National Monument..

44749. Prohibition on helicopter flights near Statue of Liberty National Monument 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). The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to a flight carried out for purposes of public health and safety, including— law enforcement; emergency response; disaster response; the provision of medical services; and providing other services for the benefit of the general public, including flights carried out for research or for official purposes by a news organization. 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. In this section, the term covered airspace means the airspace within a 20-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.

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.