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To require the Federal Aviation Administration to provide funding for noise mitigation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. SMITH of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll A BILL To require the Federal Aviation Administration to provide funding for noise mitigation, 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 ‘‘Aviation-Impacted 4 Communities Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. NOISE MITIGATION FOR VERTICAL FENCELINE 6 COMMUNITIES. 7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, aviation- 8 impacted communities that are not currently within the 9 VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:14 Jan 07, 2025 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:USERSKGHAUFFAPPDATAROAMINGSOFTQUADXMETAL11.0GENCSMITWA_00 January 7, 2025 (1:14 p.m.) G:M19SMITWASMITWA_002.XML g:VHLD10725D010725.052.xml (959105|1) DNL standard as measured by the Federal Aviation 1 Administration shall be eligible for the Airport Improve-2 ment Program noise mitigation program funds and for 3 grants under section 7, and shall also be granted status 4 under section 5 to establish community boards to address 5 airport noise in their communities. 6 SEC. 3. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY, FRAME-7 WORK, AND DIAGNOSTIC TOOL. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall enter 9 into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to 10 conduct a study that— 11 (1) summarizes the relevant literature and 12 studies done on aviation impacts worldwide; 13…

To develop pilot grant programs through the Environmental Protection Agen- cy to research and collect data on aircraft and airport noise and emis- sions and to use such information and data to develop a mitigation strategy, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. SMITH of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll A BILL To develop pilot grant programs through the Environmental Protection Agency to research and collect data on air- craft and airport noise and emissions and to use such information and data to develop a mitigation strategy, 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 ‘‘Aviation Noise and 4 Emissions Mitigation Act’’. 5 VerDate Nov 24 2008 14:42 Jan 07, 2025 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:USERSDBIRCHAPPDATAROAMINGSOFTQUADXMETAL11.0GENCSMITWA_007. January 7, 2025 (2:42 p.m.) G:M19SMITWASMITWA_007.XML g:VH10725H010725.038.xml (959255|1) SEC. 2. NOISE AND AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND RE-1 SEARCH GRANT PROGRAM. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 3 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 4 Environmental Protection Agency in consultation with 5 Secretary of Transportation and other relevant Federal 6 agencies determined by the Administrator, shall establish 7 a 3-year pilot grant program with eligible entities to meas-8 ure noise and emissions, including greenhouse gases, par-9 ticulate matter, ultrafine particles, and…