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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4931 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program at San 
Francisco International Airport for purposes of soundproofing residential 
buildings in surrounding communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2021 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. PANETTA, and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a pro-
gram at San Francisco International Airport for pur-
poses of soundproofing residential buildings in sur-
rounding communities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Serious Noise Reduc-
tion Efforts Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘SNORE Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR NOISE MITIGATION NEAR SAN FRAN-
CISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
(a) RESIDENTIAL NOISE MITIGATION NEAR SAN 
FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.—Section 47504 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) installing residential noise dampening 
windows, residential noise insulation, and other 
residential improvements to reduce or to miti-
gate the noise impacts of the operation of San 
Francisco International Airport.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) for a program of residential noise mitiga-
tion and soundproofing for residential buildings near 
San Francisco International Airport.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(f) RESIDENTIAL NOISE MITIGATION NEAR SAN 
FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.— 
‘‘(1) 
PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall approve, and may incur obligations for, a pro-
gram submitted under subsection (a) that requires 
the expenditure of funds made available under sec-
tion 48103 for mitigation of aircraft noise less than 
65 DNL if— 
‘‘(A) such program is submitted and oper-
ated by San Francisco International Airport; 
and 
‘‘(B) in any 2 consecutive or nonconsecu-
tive months in a fiscal year, a total of 10 or 
more measurements of 75 dBA or greater (on 
a noise monitor operated or approved by San 
Francisco International Airport) are taken 
within a single city or county between the hours 
of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. due to San Francisco 
International Airport operations, including air-
craft arriving or departing the airport. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM CONTENTS.—The program de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall propose to soundproof 
at least 200 residential buildings per fiscal year. 
Residential buildings proposed for aircraft noise 
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