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HR 5974 116th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Computers and information technology Transportation safety and security

Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act

Introduced: February 26, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 26, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 26, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act

This bill makes it unlawful for an air carrier to operate a single or multiengine, turbine-powered helicopter with one or more passenger seats and one or more pilots without a flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.

What's happening now February 27, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 26, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5974: Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5974/
MLA
"H.R. 5974: Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5974/.
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H.R. 5974, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5974/.
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[H.R. 5974: Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5974/)
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