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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5450 

To amend title 51, United States Code, to require a National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration initiative on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and noise emissions from aircraft, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. TONKO, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

ROUDA, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 

Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To amend title 51, United States Code, to require a National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration initiative on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and noise emissions 

from aircraft, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cleaner, Quieter Air5 planes Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) Air travel currently contributes approxi4 mately 3 percent to global carbon emissions, but 

5 emissions from this sector are expected to triple by 

6 2050. 

7 (2) A healthy, thriving aviation sector contrib8 utes to the quality of life and economic well-being of 

9 the United States. In 2014, the Federal Aviation 

10 Administration found that civil aviation accounted 

11 for 5.1 percent of the United States gross domestic 

12 product, generated $1.6 trillion, and supported 

13 10,600,000 jobs. 

14 (3) Existing aircraft technologies contribute to 

15 noise pollution that has adverse impacts on the qual16 ity of life in affected communities. As air traffic vol17 umes increase and the adoption of performance18 based navigation technology proceeds, the problem of 

19 noise pollution is becoming more severe in some 

20 areas. 

21 (4) The United States has adopted a goal of 

22 carbon-neutral growth in aviation from 2020. 

23 (5) Research on technologies to lessen the envi24 ronmental and noise impacts of aviation is ongoing, 

25 but should accelerate, and should include work on 

26 the further maturation and integration of multiple 


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1 enabling technologies on production aircraft, includ2 ing novel integrated systems at the aircraft level. 

3 SEC. 3. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRA4 TION INITIATIVE ON REDUCTION OF GREEN5 HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND NOISE EMIS6 SIONS FROM AIRCRAFT. 

7 (a) INITIATIVE REQUIRED.—Section 40112 of title 

8 51, United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) 

10 as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; and 

11 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol12 lowing new subsection (b): 

13 ‘‘(b) TECHNOLOGIES FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMIS14 SIONS AND NOISE EMISSIONS REDUCTION.— 

15 ‘‘(1) INITIATIVE REQUIRED.—The Adminis16 trator shall establish an initiative to build upon and 

17 accelerate previous or ongoing work to develop and 

18 demonstrate new technologies, including systems ar19 chitecture, components, or integration of systems 

20 and airframe structures, in aircraft concepts that 

21 are capable of reducing both greenhouse gas emis22 sions and noise emissions from aircraft by at least 

23 50 percent compared to the highest-performing air24 craft technologies in service as of December 31, 

25 2019, with the goal of deploying new technologies 


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1 developed pursuant to the initiative on regional 

2 transport aircraft intended to enter into service by 

3 2030 and on single-aisle aircraft designed to accom4 modate more than 125 passengers intended to enter 

5 into service by 2040. 

6 ‘‘(2) APPROACH.—In carrying out the initiative, 

7 the Administrator shall do the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) Continue and expand work of the Ad9 ministration on research, development, and 

10 demonstration of aircraft concepts described in 

11 paragraph (1), and the integration of related 

12 advanced technologies and concepts, with the 

13 goal of carrying out test flights by 2025. 

14 ‘‘(B) To the extent practicable, work with 

15 multiple partner organizations, including cur16 rent commercial production aircraft providers 

17 and small businesses and new entrants, on re18 search and development activities related to 

19 both regional transport aircraft and aircraft de20 signed to accommodate more than 125 pas21 sengers in order to achieve an industry-wide 

22 shift towards aircraft concepts for the reduction 

23 of greenhouse gas emissions and noise emis24 sions. 


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1 ‘‘(C) Provide guidance to the Federal Avia2 tion Administration (FAA) on technologies de3 veloped and tested pursuant to the initiative in 

4 order to assist the work of the Federal Aviation 

5 Administration to identify new requirements for 

6 policy, infrastructure, and administrative capac7 ity necessary to enable the safe deployment of 

8 such technologies on transport category air9 craft.’’. 

10 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 

12 the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 

13 Administration shall submit to Congress a report on the 

14 progress of the work under the initiative required by sub15 section (b) of section 40112 of title 51, United States 

16 Code (as amended by subsection (a) of this section), in17 cluding a description of any perceived obstacles to achiev18 ing the goal of a 50-percent reduction in both greenhouse 

19 gas emissions and noise emissions from aircraft as con20 templated for the initiative. 

21 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

22 authorized to be appropriated for the National Aero23 nautics and Space Administration for the initiative re24 quired by subsection (b) of section 40112 of title 51, 

25 United States Code (as so amended), amounts as follows: 


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1 (1) For fiscal year 2021, $125,000,000. 

2 (2) For fiscal year 2022, $225,000,000. 

3 (3) For each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024, 

4 $275,000,000. 

5 (4) For fiscal year 2025, $225,000,000. 

6 (5) For fiscal year 2026, $75,000,000. 

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