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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4930 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to con-
tinue processing the proposed SFO NIITE Departure Southbound Tran-
sition and the OAK HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition, and 
for other purposes. 
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 require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration to continue processing the proposed SFO 
NIITE Departure Southbound Transition and the OAK 
HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Southbound HUSSH 
and NIITE Help Households Act’’ or the ‘‘SHHH Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROCESSING OF DEPARTURE TRANSITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall— 
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(1) continue processing the proposed SFO 
NIITE Departure Southbound Transition and the 
OAK HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition in 
accordance with the recommendation of the San 
Francisco International Airport/Community Round-
table (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘SFO RT’’) and 
the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals; and 
(2) render a determination as to adoption of the 
proposal. 
(b) COLLABORATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
work collaboratively with the SFO RT to provide 
technical assistance, including— 
(A) appropriate FAA technical staff; 
(B) data relating to the NIITE/HUSSH 
Departures; 
(C) the proposed southbound transition; 
and 
(D) other related or impacted flight proce-
dures. 
(2) DATA.—The data described in subpara-
graphs (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1) shall in-
clude, at a minimum, AEDT noise modeling, oper-
ational data, TARGETS data, and other pertinent 
data. 
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(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Without regard to any FAA 
version of a NIITE/HUSSH Southbound procedure 
proposed by the FAA, the Administrator may not 
prevent the SFO RT from initiating their own pro-
posed NIITE Departure or HUSSH Departure 
Southbound Transition procedures through the IFP 
Gateway or other process unless the Administrator 
determines that blocking the public initiation is nec-
essary for safety reasons which cannot be remedied. 
(2) ANALYSIS.—If the Administrator makes the 
determination described in paragraph (1), the Ad-
ministrator shall— 
(A) provide detailed analysis and provide 
procedure alternatives in order to solve the 
safety concerns, if possible; and 
(B) submit or process the procedure for 
the southbound transitions in accordance with 
safety considerations. 
(d) PROCESSING.—After the NIITE Departure 
Southbound Transition or the HUSSH Departure South-
bound Transitions has been entered into the IFP Gate-
way, the Administrator shall convene necessary groups 
and committees and take other actions pursuant to Order 
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JO7100.41A to expeditiously process the NIITE HUSSH 
Southbound Transitions. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator shall im-
plement the proposed addition of a southbound transition 
to each of the NIITE and HUSSH nighttime noise abate-
ment departures with the same conditions as the oper-
ations of the NIITE and HUSSH existing transitions as 
in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, including 
operating hours of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. every day of 
the week. 
(f) PARTICIPATION.—The Administrator shall permit 
the SFO Roundtable to send aviation technical representa-
tives and consultants to participate in the NIITE and 
HUSSH 
PBN 
Implementation 
Process 
(Order 
JO7100.41) as members of the core working group, full 
working group, or other groups on the same terms and 
conditions as the participation by an airport, airline indus-
try, or a procedure proponent. 
(g) PROCESS.—The Administrator shall follow the 
prescribed process as specified in the FAA PBN Imple-
mentation Process (Order JO7100.41) and shall not gra-
tuitously withhold permissions or add requirements that 
would block continuation to successful conclusion of the 
NIITE or HUSSH PBN Implementation processes. 
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SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the FAA. 
(2) AEDT.—The term ‘‘AEDT’’ means Avia-
tion Environmental Design Tool. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives. 
(4) CORE WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘core 
working group’’ means a group of individuals listed 
in the PBN process that, during the Preliminary Ac-
tivities— 
(A) documents and records baseline data 
used for analysis; 
(B) identifies and documents expected ben-
efits for the project; 
(C) designs or reviews conceptual proce-
dures or routes in TARGETS; 
(D) reviews applicable PBN-related knowl-
edge databases and historical documents; and 
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(E) identifies additional significant infor-
mation and potential risks associated with the 
project. 
(5) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration. 
(6) FULL
WORKING
GROUP.—The term ‘‘full 
working group’’ means a committee of participants 
in the PBN process most often consisting of the 
FAA, airlines, an airport authority, and other indus-
try representatives. 
(7) IFP GATEWAY.—The term ‘‘IFP Gateway’’ 
means the Instrument Flight Procedures Gateway. 
(8) OAK.—The term ‘‘OAK’’ means Oakland 
Metropolitan Airport. 
(9) PBN.—The term ‘‘PBN’’ means perform-
ance based navigation. 
(10) 
PROPONENT.—The 
term 
‘‘proponent’’ 
means the originator of a departure procedure re-
quirement, including an individual user group, ATC, 
Aeronautical Information Service, or other appro-
priate government agency. 
(11) SFO.—The term ‘‘SFO’’ means San 
Francisco International Airport. 
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(12) TARGETS.—The term ‘‘TARGETS’’ 
means Terminal Area Route Generation Evaluation 
and Traffic Simulation. 
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