What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit yearly reports to Congress about how many people in the United States are exposed to airplane noise at different sound levels. The reports must be made public and cover noise levels of 65 dBA, 55 dBA and 46 dBA (decibels, which measure how loud something is).
Who It Affects
The Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration must create and submit the reports. Congress, specifically the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, receives the reports. The American public can access the reports since they must be made publicly available.
Key Provisions
- The Secretary of Transportation, working through the Federal Aviation Administration, must submit reports to Congress at least once per year that describe how many people are exposed to aviation noise at sound levels of 65 dBA, 55 dBA and 46 dBA. (Sec. 2(a))
- The first report must include estimates going back to January 1, 2010, for each year up until the year before the first report is submitted. (Sec. 2(b))
- Any report, publication, presentation or testimony from the Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration or Bureau of Transportation Statistics that mentions people exposed to 65 dBA noise must also include information about exposure to 55 dBA and 46 dBA noise levels. (Sec. 2(c))
What Changes
The bill creates a new requirement for regular government reporting on aviation noise exposure. Currently, no such requirement exists in the bill text provided.
Important Definitions
The bill defines "covered report" to mean any report, publication, presentation or testimony submitted by or presented on behalf of the Department of Transportation, including the Federal Aviation Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (Sec. 2(c)(2))
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2564
To require the Secretary of Transportation to periodically report the number
of individuals in the United States who are exposed to certain levels
of aviation noise, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 2023
Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Transportation to periodically
report the number of individuals in the United States
who are exposed to certain levels of aviation noise, 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 ‘‘Noise Data Collection
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than annually,
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the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Ad-
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ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall
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submit to Congress, including the Committee on Trans-
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portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
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tives, and make publicly available, a report describing, for
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each year for which the report is submitted, the estimated
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number of individuals in the United States exposed to
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aviation noise at each of the following day-night average
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sound levels:
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(1) 65 dBA.
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(2) 55 dBA.
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(3) 46 dBA.
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(b) RETROACTIVE REPORTING.—In the first report
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submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall in-
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clude an estimation of the number of individuals in the
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United States exposed to aviation noise at the levels de-
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scribed in such subsection for each year during the period
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beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on the last day
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of the year preceding the year for which the first report
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is submitted.
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(c) INCLUSION IN OTHER REPORTS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—For any covered report in
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which the estimated number of individuals exposed
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to aviation noise at a day-night average sound level
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of 65 dBA is reported, the Secretary of Transpor-
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tation shall ensure that such report includes the esti-
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mated number of individuals exposed to aviation
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noise at day-night average sound levels of 55 dBA
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and 46 dBA.
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(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
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‘‘covered report’’ means any report, publication,
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presentation, or testimony submitted by, or pre-
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sented on behalf of, the Department of Transpor-
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tation, including the Federal Aviation Administra-
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tion and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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