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Introduced in House	Passed House	Introduced in Senate	Passed Senate	To President	Became Law
02/12/2020

Decrease Noise Levels Act

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01/01/2111		Open
02/12/2020	Introduced in House	Open
02/12/2020	Introduced in House	Open

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Name	From	Date	Type
Grace Meng	D-NY	02/12/2020	Sponsor
Maxine Waters	D-CA	02/12/2020	Cosponsor
Nydia Velazquez	D-NY	02/12/2020	Cosponsor
Norma Torres	D-CA	02/21/2020	Cosponsor
Thomas Suozzi	D-NY	02/12/2020	Cosponsor
Adam Smith	D-WA	02/12/2020	Cosponsor
Brad Sherman	D-CA	02/12/2020	Cosponsor
Adam Schiff	D-CA	02/12/2020	Cosponsor
Harley Rouda	D-CA	02/25/2020	Cosponsor
Jamie Raskin	D-MD	02/12/2020	Cosponsor
Ayanna Pressley	D-MA	02/21/2020	Cosponsor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D-NY	02/12/2020	Cosponsor

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Date	Branch	Action
02/13/2020	President	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.Action By: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
02/12/2020	President	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.Action By: House of Representatives
02/12/2020	President	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E175)Action By: House of Representatives
02/12/2020	President	Introduced in HouseAction By: House of Representatives

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Summary
There is one summary for H.R.5874. View summaries Shown Here:Introduced in House (02/12/2020) 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.
Shown Here:Introduced in House (02/12/2020) 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.

Summary

There is one summary for H.R.5874. View summaries Shown Here:Introduced in House (02/12/2020) 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.

Shown Here:Introduced in House (02/12/2020) 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.

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Bill TEXT Points.
This Bill has been listed with the following Subjects from Texts:
Aircraft
(5)Aircraft and airport noise is one of the most common quality of life nuisance issues in neighborhoods throughout the United States

Americans
(4)Approximately 10,000,000 Americans who are afflicted with some hearing loss can at least partially attribute this damage to exposure from noise

Aviation
Meeks) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to amend regulations concerning the day-night average sound level, and for other purposes

California
Brownley of California, Mr

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