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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6556 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for certain noise mitigation 
near San Francisco International Airport, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 1, 2023 
Mr. MULLIN (for himself, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. CA´RDENAS, and Ms. ESHOO) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for certain 
noise mitigation near San Francisco International Air-
port, 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 ‘‘Serious Noise Reduc-
tion Efforts Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘SNORE Act of 2023’’. 
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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 win-
dows, residential noise insulation, and other residen-
tial improvements to reduce or to mitigate the noise 
impacts of the operation of San Francisco Inter-
national 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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mitigation shall be within any noise-affected location 
and the noise mitigation may be performed on a res-
idence whether or not it is within the 65 DNL con-
tour. 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE FUNDS.—The San Fran-
cisco International Airport may use Federal 
funds, revenue from passenger facility charges 
authorized under section 40117, and other rev-
enue generated by the airport to carry out ac-
tivities under the program without regard to 
any restrictions on the use of such funds under 
sections 40177 and 47133. 
‘‘(B) REMITTANCE OF FUNDS.—As a con-
dition of approval of any Federal grants award-
ed to San Francisco International Airport after 
fiscal year 2023, the Airport shall agree that in 
any fiscal year in which a program is submitted 
by San Francisco International Airport under 
paragraph (1) that does not propose noise miti-
gation of 200 or more homes, the Airport shall 
remit to each noise-affected location an amount 
equal to 10 times the amount of funding pro-
vided to the noise-affected location under the 
Community Development Block Grant Program 
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‘‘(C) RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.—The term 
‘residential building’ means a single family 
housing unit or a multifamily housing unit.’’. 
(b) REVENUE
DIVERSION
EXCEPTION.—Section 
47107(k) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) REVENUE
DIVERSION
EXCEPTION.—The 
use of revenue generated by San Francisco Inter-
national Airport shall not be considered a diversion 
as set forth in this or any other section if such rev-
enue is used for purposes of conducting a program 
of residential noise mitigation as described in section 
47504(f).’’. 
Æ 
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