HR 5874 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Decrease Noise Levels Act

Introduced Feb 12, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Grace Meng D-NY

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Latest action · Feb 13, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 12, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Decrease Noise Levels Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to revise its regulations to decrease the threshold for the day-night average sound level that constitutes significant noise from 65 decibels to 60 decibels, and adjust relative ranges of day-night average sound level accordingly.

Additionally, the FAA must

  • ensure that its community outreach related to aviation day-night average sound levels contains the results of its evaluation of alternative metrics to the current average day-night level standard, and
  • create a publicly available report that outlines a strategy to reduce the maximum day-night average sound level in all residential areas to 55 decibels within 10 years.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2020 to Feb 25, 2020; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalFeb 12, 2020
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-NJTom MalinowskiOriginalFeb 12, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonFeb 13, 2020
D-HIEd CaseFeb 18, 2020
D-MAAyanna PressleyFeb 21, 2020
D-CANorma J. TorresFeb 21, 2020
D-CARo KhannaFeb 21, 2020
D-CAHarley RoudaFeb 25, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Feb 12, 2020
Aviation Subcommittee
Referred Feb 13, 2020

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 13, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  2. Feb 12, 2020Introduced in House
  3. Feb 12, 2020Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E175)
  4. Feb 12, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E175Grace Meng D-NYFeb 12, 2020

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. [Page Hl0l70]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 29, February 12, 2020, page H1125.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to amend regulations concerning the day-night average sound level, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Decrease Noise Levels Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 12, 2020Introduced in House

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