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HR 5766 117th Congress House Transportation and Public Works

Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act

Introduced: October 28, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Oct 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Oct 28, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 28, 2021
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 October 29, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
D
Garamendi, John
California · Jun 23, 2022
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jan 20, 2022
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Jan 3, 2022
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Nov 15, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Oct 28, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 28, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5766: Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5766/
MLA
"H.R. 5766: Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5766/.
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H.R. 5766, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5766/.
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[H.R. 5766: Helicopter Data and Voice Recorder Requirement Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5766/)
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