Rep. Beyer – Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act

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To amend title 51, United States Code, to require a National Aeronautics and Space Administration initiative on reduction of greenhouse gas emis- sions and noise emissions from aircraft, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. BEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll A BILL To amend title 51, United States Code, to require a National Aeronautics and Space Administration initiative on re- duction of greenhouse gas emissions and noise emissions from aircraft, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cleaner, Quieter Air-4 planes Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 Congress makes the following findings: 7 VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:34 Dec 11, 2019 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:USERSJWGROSSAPPDATAROAMINGSOFTQUADXMETAL7.0GENCBEYER_077 December 11, 2019 (2:34 p.m.) G:M16BEYERBEYER_077.XML g:VHLC121119121119.194.xml (750621|6) (1) Air travel currently contributes approxi-1 mately 3 percent to global carbon emissions, but 2 emissions from this sector are expected to triple by 3 2050. 4 (2) A healthy, thriving aviation sector contrib-5 utes to the quality of life and economic wellbeing of 6 the United States. In 2014, the Federal Aviation 7 Administration found that civil aviation accounted 8 for 5.1 percent of the United States gross domestic 9 product, generated $1.6 trillion, and supported 10 10,600,000 jobs. 11 (3) Existing aircraft technologies contribute to 12 noise…

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