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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2120 

To allow mandatory nighttime curfews at certain airports, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2013 

Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To allow mandatory nighttime curfews at certain airports, 

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 ‘‘Valley-Wide Noise Re5 lief Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MANDATORY NIGHTTIME CURFEWS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law, including any written assurances under section 

9 47107 of title 49, United States Code, an airport sponsor 


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1 may not be prohibited from, or interfered with, imple2 menting any of the following: 

3 (1) A total mandatory nighttime curfew for an 

4 airport of the sponsor that is described in paragraph 

5 (1) of subsection (b). 

6 (2) A partial mandatory nighttime curfew for 

7 an airport of the sponsor that is described in para8 graph (2) of subsection (b). 

9 (b) COVERED AIRPORTS.— 

10 (1) PARAGRAPH (1) AIRPORTS.—An airport de11 scribed in this paragraph is an airport that— 

12 (A) had a voluntary curfew in effect for 

13 certain aircraft on November 5, 1990; and 

14 (B) was created by an intergovernmental 

15 agreement established pursuant to a State stat16 ute enacted before November 5, 1990, that, 

17 along with the statute, imposes obligations with 

18 respect to noise mitigation. 

19 (2) PARAGRAPH (2) AIRPORTS.—An airport de20 scribed in this paragraph is an airport that— 

21 (A) had a partial curfew in effect prior to 

22 November 5, 1990; 

23 (B) operates under the supervision of a 

24 board of airport commissioners that, on Janu25 ary 1, 2010, oversaw operation of 3 or more 


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1 airports, at least 2 of which have airport oper2 ating certificates pursuant to part 139 of title 

3 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and 

4 (C) on January 1, 2010, failed to comply 

5 with a cumulative noise standard established by 

6 a State law for airports in that State. 

7 (c) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—At least 90 days before im9 plementing a curfew under subsection (a), an airport 

10 sponsor shall provide to airport users and other in11 terested parties reasonable notice of— 

12 (A) the terms of the curfew; and 

13 (B) the penalties for violating the curfew. 

14 (2) REASONABLE NOTICE.—An airport sponsor 

15 shall be treated as satisfying the requirement of pro16 viding reasonable notice under paragraph (1) if the 

17 sponsor— 

18 (A) includes the terms of the curfew and 

19 penalties for violating the curfew on the Inter20 net Web site of the sponsor for the applicable 

21 airport; and 

22 (B) provides the terms of the curfew and 

23 penalties for violating the curfew to tenants of 

24 the sponsor who operate aircraft at the airport, 

25 either at their leasehold or the address provided 


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1 to the airport sponsor for the receipt of notices 

2 under their lease. 

3 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi4 nitions apply: 

5 (1) TOTAL MANDATORY NIGHTTIME CURFEW.— 

6 The term ‘‘total mandatory nighttime curfew’’ 

7 means a prohibition on all aircraft operations at an 

8 airport each night during the 9-hour period begin9 ning at 10 p.m. 

10 (2) PARTIAL MANDATORY NIGHTTIME CUR11 FEW.—The term ‘‘partial mandatory nighttime cur12 few’’ means a prohibition on certain aircraft oper13 ations at an airport each night for not longer than 

14 the 9-hour period beginning at 10 p.m. 

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