Noise Data Collection Act
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to annually report to Congress the estimated number of individuals in the United States who are exposed to certain levels of aviation noise.
Specifically, the report must include estimates for the number of individuals exposed to aviation noise at each of the following day-night average sound levels (DNLs): 65 dBA, 55 dBA, and 46 dBA. In addition, the FAA's initial report must include an estimate of the number of individuals exposed to aviation noise at these levels for each year during the period beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on the last day of the year preceding the year for which the first report is submitted.
The DNL noise metric reflects a person's cumulative exposure to sound over a 24-hour period, expressed as the noise level for the average day of the year on the basis of annual aircraft operations.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2564 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2023
Mr. Lynch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Noise Data Collection Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary
of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration, shall submit to Congress, including the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives, and make publicly available, a report describing, for
each year for which the report is submitted, the estimated number of
individuals in the United States exposed to aviation noise at each of
the following day-night average sound levels:
(1) 65 dBA.
(2) 55 dBA.
(3) 46 dBA.
(b) Retroactive Reporting.--In the first report submitted under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall include an estimation of the number
of individuals in the United States exposed to aviation noise at the
levels described in such subsection for each year during the period
beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on the last day of the year
preceding the year for which the first report is submitted.
(c) Inclusion in Other Reports.--
(1) In general.--For any covered report in which the
estimated number of individuals exposed to aviation noise at a
day-night average sound level of 65 dBA is reported, the
Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that such report
includes the estimated number of individuals exposed to
aviation noise at day-night average sound levels of 55 dBA and
46 dBA.
(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``covered
report'' means any report, publication, presentation, or
testimony submitted by, or presented on behalf of, the
Department of Transportation, including the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
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