3.0.0 4645 2023-01-11T13:44:44Z 2023-01-11T13:44:44Z Senate S 2020-09-22 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-22T20:14:45Z 2020-09-22 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2020-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 00 2020-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-14T16:23:00Z Amy and Jocelyn Gannon Helicopter Tour Safety Act

This bill addresses the implementation of various aviation safety recommendations related to helicopter commercial air tour flights.

Among other requirements, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must

  • develop a process to review and approve any flight route used by a commercial air tour operator;
  • implement a process to evaluate flight routes, or segments of flight routes, that are susceptible to rapidly changing weather;
  • initiate an aviation weather camera program that includes the installation and maintenance of aviation weather cameras at critical locations in Hawaii and high risk mountain passes in the United States and establish public access to these cameras' real-time imagery;
  • establish training requirements for commercial air tour operators to utilize real-time weather information made available through the aviation weather camera program;
  • require commercial air tour operators to use pilots who hold instrument ratings or an Airline Transport Pilot certificate appropriate to the category and class of aircraft flown;
  • study the feasibility of requiring any helicopter used for a commercial air tour to be equipped with the minimum equipment necessary to operate under instrument flight rules conditions; and
  • study the feasibility of permitting commercial air tour operators or FAA inspectors to conduct random audits of helicopter mounted videos of commercial air tour flights.
]]> Amy and Jocelyn Gannon Helicopter Tour Safety Act Display Title Amy and Jocelyn Gannon Helicopter Tour Safety Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Amy and Jocelyn Gannon Helicopter Tour Safety Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the requirements for commercial air tours and commercial air tour operators, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4645is/xml/BILLS-116s4645is.xml 2020-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.