Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Helicopter Fuel System Safety Act”.
Helicopter Fuel System Safety Act
A BILL
To require the Federal Aviation Administration to adopt safety standards regarding fuel systems in newly manufactured helicopters.
Sec. 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.