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Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2019

Introduced: October 28, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Oct 28, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 28, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Oct 28, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2019

This bill prohibits operating helicopter flights over any city with a population of over 8 million and a population density of over 25,000 people per square mile, except for purposes of (1) public health and safety, including law enforcement and emergency response; and (2) heavy-lift operations in support of construction and infrastructure maintenance.

What's happening now October 28, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5
Sires, Albio
· Nov 19, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Nov 13, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 28, 2019
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Oct 28, 2019
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 28, 2019
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Oct 28, 2019
SERRANO, JOSE
· Oct 28, 2019
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 28, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4880: Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4880/
MLA
"H.R. 4880: Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4880/.
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H.R. 4880, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4880/.
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