I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 598 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to com-
mission a study of the health impacts of airplane flights on affected 
residents of certain metropolitan areas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2017 
Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. BEYER, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. MENG, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
LIPINSKI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, 
Miss RICE of New York, and Mr. SUOZZI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration to commission a study of the health impacts 
of airplane flights on affected residents of certain metro-
politan areas, 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 ‘‘Airplane Impacts Miti-
gation Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘AIM Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. STUDY OF HEALTH IMPACTS OF OVERFLIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall enter into an agree-
ment with an eligible institution of higher education to 
conduct a study of the health impacts of airplane flights 
on residents exposed to a range of noise and air pollution 
levels from such flights. 
(b) SCOPE OF STUDY.—The study conducted under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) examine the health impacts of airplane 
flights on residents, including asthma exacerbation, 
sleep disturbance, stress, and elevated blood pres-
sure; 
(2) focus on residents in not more than eight 
metropolitan areas, including— 
(A) Boston; 
(B) Chicago; 
(C) New York; 
(D) the Northern California Metroplex; 
(E) Phoenix; and 
(F) not more than three additional metro-
politan areas, chosen at the discretion of the 
Administrator, that each contain at least one 
international airport; 
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(3) consider in particular the health impacts on 
residents living partly or wholly within the land area 
underneath the flight paths most frequently used by 
aircraft flying, including during takeoff or landing, 
at an altitude lower than 10,000 feet; and 
(4) consider only those health impacts that 
manifest during the physical implementation of the 
NextGen RNAV program on flights departing from 
or arriving at an international airport located in one 
of the metropolitan areas described in paragraph 
(2). 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—An institution of higher education 
is eligible to conduct the study if the institution— 
(1) has a school of public health that has par-
ticipated in the Federal Aviation Administration 
Center of Excellence for Aircraft Noise and Aviation 
Emissions Mitigation (PARTNER); 
(2) has a Center for Environmental Health that 
receives funding from the National Institute of Envi-
ronmental Health Sciences; 
(3) is located in one of the areas within the 
scope of the study described in subsection (b); 
(4) applies to the Administrator in a timely 
fashion; 
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(5) demonstrates to the Administrator’s satis-
faction that the institution is qualified to conduct 
such a study; 
(6) agrees to submit to the Administrator, not 
later than 2 years after entering into an agreement 
under subsection (a), the findings and conclusions of 
the study as well as any source materials used; and 
(7) meets such other requirements as the Ad-
ministrator may determine to be necessary. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the Ad-
ministrator receives the study under subsection (a), the 
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report con-
taining the findings and conclusions of the study. 
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