1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kobe Bryant & Gianna Bryant Helicopter Safety Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The January 26, 2020, helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, in which 9 individuals lost their lives, was a tragic event. (2) Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have noted that the helicopter involved in the fatal January crash was not equipped with a Flight Data Recorder (FDR), a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), or a Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS). (3) The NTSB has investigated numerous tragic helicopter accidents, including the crash of a helicopter in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, in which 10 individuals lost their lives, and a crash in Missouri in 2011, in which 4 individuals lost their lives. (4) The NTSB has provided recommendations to the FAA regarding equipping helicopters with crash-resistant Flight Data Recorders, Cockpit Voice Recorders, and Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems. (5) The FAA has not acted on several NTSB recommendations for increased helicopter safety technologies that could potentially avert future tragedies. 3. Implementation of NTSB recommendations (a) In general Subject to subsections (b) and (c), not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue such regulations as are necessary to implement the following NTSB recommendations for crash-resistant systems, but only with respect to existing and new U.S.-registered turbine-powered rotorcraft certificated for 6 or more passenger seats: (1) Safety Recommendation A–06–017, issued on March 7, 2006 (relating to requiring all rotorcraft operating under parts 91 and 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, with a transport-category certification to be equipped with a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and a flight data recorder (FDR) or an onboard cockpit image recorder with the capability of recording cockpit audio, crew communications, and aircraft parametric data). (2) Safety Recommendation A–06–018, issued on