49 U.S.C. § 44737 — Helicopter fuel system safety

A person may not operate a covered helicopter in United States airspace unless the design of the helicopter is certified by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to—

In this subsection, the term “covered helicopter” means a helicopter not otherwise required to comply with section 27.952, section 27.963, and section 27.975, or section 29.952, section 29.963, and section 29.975 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on the date of enactment of this section for which manufacture was completed, as determined by the Administrator, on or after the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this section.

expedite the certification and validation of United States and foreign type designs and retrofit kits that improve fuel system crashworthiness; and

not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, and periodically thereafter, issue a bulletin to—