I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 842 
To allow mandatory nighttime curfews at certain airports, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2011 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing 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. 
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 ‘‘Valley-Wide Noise Re-
lief Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. MANDATORY NIGHTTIME CURFEWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including any written assurances under section 
47107 of title 49, United States Code, an airport sponsor 
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may not be prohibited from, or interfered with, imple-
menting any of the following: 
(1) A total mandatory nighttime curfew for an 
airport of the sponsor that is described in paragraph 
(1) of subsection (b). 
(2) A partial mandatory nighttime curfew for 
an airport of the sponsor that is described in para-
graph (2) of subsection (b). 
(b) COVERED AIRPORTS.— 
(1) PARAGRAPH (1) AIRPORTS.—An airport de-
scribed in this paragraph is an airport that— 
(A) had a voluntary curfew in effect for 
certain aircraft on November 5, 1990; and 
(B) was created by an intergovernmental 
agreement established pursuant to a State stat-
ute enacted before November 5, 1990, that, 
along with the statute, imposes obligations with 
respect to noise mitigation. 
(2) PARAGRAPH (2) AIRPORTS.—An airport de-
scribed in this paragraph is an airport that— 
(A) had a partial curfew in effect prior to 
November 5, 1990; 
(B) operates under the supervision of a 
board of airport commissioners that, on Janu-
ary 1, 2010, oversaw operation of 3 or more 
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airports, at least 2 of which have airport oper-
ating certificates pursuant to part 139 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(C) on January 1, 2010, failed to comply 
with a cumulative noise standard established by 
a State law for airports in that State. 
(c) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At least 90 days before im-
plementing a curfew under subsection (a), an airport 
sponsor shall provide to airport users and other in-
terested parties reasonable notice of— 
(A) the terms of the curfew; and 
(B) the penalties for violating the curfew. 
(2) REASONABLE NOTICE.—An airport sponsor 
shall be treated as satisfying the requirement of pro-
viding reasonable notice under paragraph (1) if the 
sponsor— 
(A) includes the terms of the curfew and 
penalties for violating the curfew on the Inter-
net Web site of the sponsor for the applicable 
airport; and 
(B) provides the terms of the curfew and 
penalties for violating the curfew to tenants of 
the sponsor who operate aircraft at the airport, 
either at their leasehold or the address provided 
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to the airport sponsor for the receipt of notices 
under their lease. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) TOTAL MANDATORY NIGHTTIME CURFEW.— 
The term ‘‘total mandatory nighttime curfew’’ 
means a prohibition on all aircraft operations at an 
airport each night during the 9-hour period begin-
ning at 10 p.m. 
(2) PARTIAL
MANDATORY
NIGHTTIME
CUR-
FEW.—The term ‘‘partial mandatory nighttime cur-
few’’ means a prohibition on certain aircraft oper-
ations at an airport each night for not longer than 
the 9-hour period beginning at 10 p.m. 
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