What This Bill Does
This bill tells the Federal Aviation Administration to work with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study how airplane noise and pollution affect people's health. The study will bring together expert scientists to look at what we know about these health impacts and write a report explaining their findings.
Who It Affects
The Federal Aviation Administration, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, and members of Congress on specific House and Senate committees.
Key Provisions
• The Federal Aviation Administration must make an agreement with the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct the study (Sec. 2(a))
• A committee of experts in health and environmental science must be formed within 30 days after the bill becomes law to examine health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution (Sec. 2(a)(1))
• The National Academies must issue a report about current scientific knowledge relating to health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution (Sec. 2(a)(2))
• The completed report must be sent to the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency, and five congressional committees (Sec. 2(b))
What Changes
The Federal Aviation Administration will be required to sponsor a study on airplane noise and pollution health impacts if this bill becomes law. Currently, this coordinated study arrangement does not appear to exist based on the bill text.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2562
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter
into appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine to provide for a report on the health impacts
of air traffic noise and pollution, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 2023
Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr.
KHANNA, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SMITH of
Washington, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. CHU, Ms. ESHOO,
Mr. BEYER, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. JACOBS,
Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CASE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms.
PELOSI, and Mr. DESAULNIER) 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 enter into appropriate arrangements with the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine to provide for a report on the health impacts of
air traffic noise and pollution, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Air Traffic Noise and
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Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. HEALTH IMPACTS OF AIR TRAFFIC NOISE AND POL-
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LUTION.
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(a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
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tion Administration shall enter into appropriate arrange-
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ments with the Health and Medicine Division of the Na-
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tional Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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under which the Division will—
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(1) not later than 30 days after the date of en-
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actment of this Act, convene a committee of experts
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in health and environmental science to examine the
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various health impacts of air traffic noise and pollu-
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tion; and
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(2) issue a corresponding expert consensus re-
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port that sets forth current scientific knowledge re-
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lating to the various health impacts of air traffic
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noise and pollution.
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(b) REPORT.—Upon completion of the consensus re-
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port, the Division shall transmit the report to—
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(1) the Administrator;
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(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
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ices;
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(3) the Administrator of the Environmental
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Protection Agency;
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(4) the Committee on Transportation and In-
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frastructure and the Committee on Oversight and
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Reform of the House of Representatives; and
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(5) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
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Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Se-
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curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
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