By David Shepardson

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, (Reuters) -A House lawmaker said on Friday he wants Congress to require the U.S. Army inspector general to conduct an audit of the January 29 collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet that killed 67 people.

Representative Don Beyer said the Army inspector general’s office has declined to open an investigation into the incident despite a bipartisan request in June by two dozen senators.

Beyer plans to try to get an Army audit requirement attached to an annual Pentagon funding bill. Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz has also proposed legislation to require the Army audit of aviation safety practices and into “systemic breakdowns” that may have contributed to the deadliest U.S. aviation crash in more than

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