Congress 108 - HR 475 - Quiet Communities Act of 2003

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Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Employee training Environmental assessment Environmental education Environmental health Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Environmental research Executive reorganization Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Infrastructure Labor and Employment Noise Railroad terminals Roads and highways Science, Technology, Communications Standards Transportation and Public Works Transportation planning

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Quiet Communities Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control.

Requires the Administrator, using funds made available to the Office, to carry out a study of airport noise.

Amends the Noise Control Act of 1972 to include the establishment of training programs on the use of noise abatement equipment and the implementation of noise abatement plans in the list of purposes for which grants under the Quiet Communities Program are provided.

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Feb 14, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Jan 30, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jan 29, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 29, 2003

Introduced in House

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