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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 598 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 598

To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
    commission a study of the health impacts of airplane flights on 
    affected residents of certain metropolitan areas, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 20, 2017

  Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Capuano, Ms. 
Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Eshoo, 
   Mr. Crowley, Ms. Meng, Ms. Speier, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. 
 Schakowsky, Mr. Peters, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Miss Rice of New 
York, and Mr. Suozzi) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
    commission a study of the health impacts of airplane flights on 
    affected residents of certain metropolitan areas, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airplane Impacts Mitigation Act of 
2017'' or the ``AIM Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF HEALTH IMPACTS OF OVERFLIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall enter into an agreement with an eligible 
institution of higher education to conduct a study of the health 
impacts of airplane flights on residents exposed to a range of noise 
and air pollution levels from such flights.
    (b) Scope of Study.--The study conducted under subsection (a) 
shall--
            (1) examine the health impacts of airplane flights on 
        residents, including asthma exacerbation, sleep disturbance, 
        stress, and elevated blood pressure;
            (2) focus on residents in not more than eight metropolitan 
        areas, including--
                    (A) Boston;
                    (B) Chicago;
                    (C) New York;
                    (D) the Northern California Metroplex;
                    (E) Phoenix; and
                    (F) not more than three additional metropolitan 
                areas, chosen at the discretion of the Administrator, 
                that each contain at least one international airport;
            (3) consider in particular the health impacts on residents 
        living partly or wholly within the land area underneath the 
        flight paths most frequently used by aircraft flying, including 
        during takeoff or landing, at an altitude lower than 10,000 
        feet; and
            (4) consider only those health impacts that manifest during 
        the physical implementation of the NextGen RNAV program on 
        flights departing from or arriving at an international airport 
        located in one of the metropolitan areas described in paragraph 
        (2).
    (c) Eligibility.--An institution of higher education is eligible to 
conduct the study if the institution--
            (1) has a school of public health that has participated in 
        the Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for 
        Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation (PARTNER);
            (2) has a Center for Environmental Health that receives 
        funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health 
        Sciences;
            (3) is located in one of the areas within the scope of the 
        study described in subsection (b);
            (4) applies to the Administrator in a timely fashion;
            (5) demonstrates to the Administrator's satisfaction that 
        the institution is qualified to conduct such a study;
            (6) agrees to submit to the Administrator, not later than 2 
        years after entering into an agreement under subsection (a), 
        the findings and conclusions of the study as well as any source 
        materials used; and
            (7) meets such other requirements as the Administrator may 
        determine to be necessary.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the Administrator 
receives the study under subsection (a), the Administrator shall submit 
to Congress a report containing the findings and conclusions of the 
study.
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