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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4929 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow airports to impose an 
access restriction for certain hours, to assess certain penalties against 
air carriers or aircraft operators, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2021 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow airports 
to impose an access restriction for certain hours, to 
assess certain penalties against air carriers or aircraft 
operators, 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 ‘‘Restore Everyone’s 
Sleep Tonight Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘REST Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. AIRPORT ACCESS RESTRICTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law and except as provided in subsection (b), an 
airport may impose an access restriction between the 
hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. for aircrafts. 
(b) ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CERTAIN FLIGHTS.— 
(1) TYPES OF FLIGHTS.—In imposing an access 
restriction under subsection (a), an airport shall per-
mit, within the hours of such access restriction, the 
operation of military, law enforcement, and Coast 
Guard flights. 
(2) EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—In impos-
ing an access restriction under subsection (a), an 
airport may not prohibit access for— 
(A) a flight that is scheduled to arrive or 
depart during hours not covered by the access 
restriction imposed under subsection (a) and 
which arrives or departs during such access re-
striction due solely to weather or the safe oper-
ation of the aircraft, including compliance with 
any safety-related requirements; 
(B) emergency flights; 
(C) flights to evacuate natural disasters; 
and 
(D) flights for the purpose of the preserva-
tion of life, health, or safety. 
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(c) PENALTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An airport may impose a 
noise deterrence penalty on an air carrier or aircraft 
operator for a violation of the access restriction im-
posed under subsection (a). 
(2) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.—An airport apply-
ing penalties under this subsection shall set a base 
level for a noise deterrence penalty under paragraph 
(1) at an amount sufficient to deter future violations 
of the access restriction imposed under subsection 
(a). 
(3) INCREASE IN PENALTY.—The airport apply-
ing penalties under this subsection may increase a 
penalty for a violation of the access restriction im-
posed under subsection (a) above the base amount 
set under paragraph (2) if an aircraft takeoff or 
landing resulted in noise to residents of any unit of 
local government exceeding 80 dBA, as evidenced by 
a noise monitoring device recognized as authoritative 
by the airport. 
(4) CONSIDERATIONS
FOR
A
PENALTY
IN-
CREASE.—In determining whether to increase the 
penalty above the base amount set under paragraph 
(2), an airport may consider the following: 
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(A) The certified noise level and engine 
model of the aircraft. 
(B) The time of violation. 
(C) Repeat violations by the air carrier or 
aircraft operator. 
(D) Any other criteria that the airport de-
termines reflects the noise impacts to residents 
of the unit of local government impacted by the 
violation of subsection (a). 
(5) USE OF PENALTY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (C), penalties collected for a vio-
lation of the access restriction imposed under 
subsection (a) shall be remitted to the unit of 
local government that experienced the impact of 
the noise deterrence violation. 
(B) MULTIPLE UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT.—If multiple units of local government 
are impacted by a violation of the access re-
striction imposed under subsection (a), an air-
port shall remit the penalty to the jurisdictions 
impacted in equal parts. 
(C) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An airport 
may deduct reasonable costs of administering a 
noise deterrence penalty from a penalty col-
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lected under this paragraph before remitting 
the penalty under subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(d) LIMITATION.—With respect to any action taken 
in carrying out this section, the airport is not required 
to seek the approval or comment of the Federal Aviation 
Administration or the Secretary of Transportation, any air 
carrier or aircraft operator or any other entity. 
(e) DEFINITION OF WEATHER.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘weather’’ is defined as the state of the atmosphere 
at a location or along a route over the short-term. 
(f) DEFINITION OF ACCESS RESTRICTION.—For pur-
poses of this Act, an access restriction is a prohibition on 
the landing or takeoff of aircraft. 
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