Brian McDaniel Helicopter Safety Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8829 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations to require certain air carriers to adopt safety management systems, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 2, 2020 Mr. ALLRED introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis- tration to issue regulations to require certain air carriers to adopt safety management systems, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Brian McDaniel Heli- 4 copter Safety Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. HELICOPTER SAFETY. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 7 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:20 Dec 09, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8829.IH H8829 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8829 IH Federal Aviation Administration shall issue such regula- 1 tions as are necessary to amend part 5 of title 14, Code 2 of Federal Regulations, to require each air carriers con- 3 ducting commercial air tours (as such term is defined in 4 section 110.2 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) to 5 adopt a safety management system. 6 (b) GUIDANCE.— 7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 9 shall issue guidance to operators of commercial air 10 tours (as such term is defined in section 110.2 of 11 title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) on deter- 12 mining if a passenger is intoxicated or impaired. 13 (2) CONSIDERATION.—In developing guidance 14 pursuant to paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 15 address unique risks, regardless of aircraft size, 16 when passengers are in proximity to aircraft con- 17 trols. 18 (c) PROHIBITION.—Not later than 1 year after the 19 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 20 issue such regulations as are necessary to prohibit air car- 21 riers conducting commercial air tours (as such term is de- 22 fined in section 110.2 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula- 23 tions) from operating under part 91 of title 14, Code of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:20 Dec 09, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8829.IH H8829 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8829 IH Federal Regulations, without an exemption from the Ad- 1 ministrator. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:20 Dec 09, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8829.IH H8829 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS