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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5552 

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

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 

Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. 

LIEU) 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 2023’’. 

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 menting a total or partial mandatory nighttime curfew for 

2 an airport of the sponsor that is described in subsection 

3 (b). 

4 (b) COVERED AIRPORTS.—An airport described in 

5 this section is an airport that— 

6 (1) had a voluntary curfew in effect for certain 

7 aircraft on November 5, 1990; and 

8 (2) was created by an intergovernmental agree9 ment established pursuant to a State statute enacted 

10 before November 5, 1990, that, along with the stat11 ute, imposes obligations with respect to noise mitiga12 tion. 

13 (c) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—At least 90 days before im15 plementing a curfew under subsection (a), an airport 

16 sponsor shall provide to airport users and other in17 terested parties reasonable notice of— 

18 (A) the terms of the curfew; and 

19 (B) the penalties for violating the curfew. 

20 (2) REASONABLE NOTICE.—An airport sponsor 

21 shall be treated as satisfying the requirement of pro22 viding reasonable notice under paragraph (1) if the 

23 sponsor— 

24 (A) includes the terms of the curfew and 

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1 net website of the sponsor for the applicable 

2 airport; and 

3 (B) provides the terms of the curfew and 

4 penalties for violating the curfew to tenants of 

5 the sponsor who operate aircraft at the airport, 

6 either at their leasehold or the address provided 

7 to the airport sponsor for the receipt of notices 

8 under their lease. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi10 nitions apply: 

11 (1) TOTAL MANDATORY NIGHTTIME CURFEW.— 

12 The term ‘‘total mandatory nighttime curfew’’ 

13 means a prohibition on all aircraft operations at an 

14 airport each night during the 9-hour period begin15 ning at 10 p.m. 

16 (2) PARTIAL MANDATORY NIGHTTIME CUR17 FEW.—The term ‘‘partial mandatory nighttime cur18 few’’ means a prohibition on certain aircraft oper19 ations at an airport each night for not longer than 

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

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