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To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to amend regulations concerning the day-night average sound level, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 12, 2020 Ms. MENG (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. BEYER, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. WATERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. VELÁZQUEZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin- istration to amend regulations concerning the day-night average sound level, 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 ‘‘Decrease Noise Levels 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 Congress finds the following: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:50 Feb 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSH5874.IH H5874kjo hn so n on D S K L0 C P R D w ith B IL LS •HR 5874 IH (1) The day-night average sound level rep-1 resents the total accumulation of all sound energy 2 averaged over a 24-hour period. 3 (2) The current Federal Aviation Administra-4 tion guidelines for the day-night average sound level 5 are 65. 6 (3) Excessive airplane noise has…

Passed by the House March 8, 1993 Yeas 97 Nays 0 BRIAN EBERSOLE Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 1993 Yeas 38 Nays 6 CERTIFICATE I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1915 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate ALAN THOMPSON Chief Clerk Approved April 30, 1993 FILED April 30, 1993 - 2:03 p.m. MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington _______________________________________________ SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1915 _______________________________________________ Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Patterson, H. Myers, Brough and Valle) Read first time 03/01/93. AN ACT Relating to aircraft noise abatement; and amending RCW1 53.54.030.2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3 Sec. 1. RCW 53.54.030 and 1985 c 115 s 1 are each amended to read4 as follows:5 For the purposes of this chapter, in developing a remedial program,6 the port commission may utilize one or more of the following programs:7 (1) Acquisition of property or property rights within the impacted8 area, which shall be deemed necessary to accomplish a port purpose.9 The port district may purchase such property or property rights by time10 payment notwithstanding the time limitations provided for…

Thank you for your recent letter to inquire about the availability of Congressional documents. It is my pleasure to enclose copies of H. R. 4312 and H.R. 7720, the "Airport and Airway Development Ex- tension Acts of 1975," in which you expressed interest . As you will note, these two measures were introduced by The Honorable Dale Milford in the House of Repre- sentatives during the 1st Session of the 94th Congress. Upon introduction, H.R. 4312 and H.R. 7720 were referred to the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, and both bills are currently pending before the Subcom- mittee on Aviation. Subcommittee hearings began on H.R. 4312 on April 14, 1975, and are still underway. No action has been taken regarding H.R. 7720. Thank you also for your comments regarding develop- ment plans for Sea Tac. I hope that the enclosed documents' will be of assistance to you in your study of airport development programs. Best regards. ~i=~A~~ Warren G. ~a~~~sof, U.S.S. WGM:cb Enclosures

AN ACT Relating to port districts; authorizing port districts operating an airport to undertake programs to control and abate aircraft noise; and adding a new chapter to Title 53 RCW. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: NEW SECTION. Section 1. A port district operating an airport serving more than twenty scheduled jet aircraft flights per day may undertake any of the programs or combinations of such programs, as authorized by this chapter, for the purpose of alleviating and abating the impact of jet aircraft noise on areas surrounding such airport. NEW SECTION. 'Sec. 2. Prior to initiating programs as authorized in this chapter the port commission shall undertake the investigation and monitoring of aircraft noise impact to determine the nature and extent of the impact. The port commission shall adopt a program of noise impact abatement based upon the investigations and as amended periodically to conform to needs demonstrated by the monitoring programs: PROVIDED, That in no case may the port district undertake any of the programs of this chapter in an area which is more than three miles beyond the paved and of any runway or more than fifteen hundred feet from the centerline of any runway or from an imaginary runway centerline extending three miles from the paved end of such runway: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the area within 2500 feet of the center of the end point of any runway may be included. Such areas as determined above, shall be known as "impacted…