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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8097 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish an initiative 
to conduct research, development, and demonstration on technologies 
capable of reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and noise emissions 
from aircraft, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2022 
Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. BASS, Mr. SUOZZI, and Mr. KHANNA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to direct the Admin-
istrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration to establish an initiative to conduct research, 
development, and demonstration on technologies capable 
of reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and noise 
emissions from aircraft, 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 ‘‘Cleaner, Quieter Air-
planes Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Air travel currently contributes approxi-
mately 3 percent to global carbon emissions, but 
emissions from this sector are expected to triple by 
2050. 
(2) A healthy, thriving aviation sector contrib-
utes to the quality of life and economic well-being of 
the United States. In 2016, the Federal Aviation 
Administration found that civil aviation accounted 
for 5.2 percent of the United States gross domestic 
product, generated $1.8 trillion, and supported 
10,900,000 jobs. 
(3) Existing aircraft technologies contribute to 
noise pollution that has adverse impacts on the qual-
ity of life in affected communities. As air traffic vol-
umes increase and the adoption of performance- 
based navigation technology proceeds, the problem of 
noise pollution is becoming more severe in some 
areas. 
(4) The United States has adopted a goal of 
net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the United 
States aviation sector by 2050. 
(5) Research on technologies to lessen the envi-
ronmental and noise impacts of aviation is ongoing, 
but should accelerate, and should include work on 
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the further maturation and integration of multiple 
enabling technologies on production aircraft, includ-
ing novel integrated systems at the aircraft level. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRA-
TION INITIATIVE ON REDUCTION OF GREEN-
HOUSE GAS AND NOISE EMISSIONS FROM 
AIRCRAFT. 
(a) INITIATIVE REQUIRED.—Section 40112 of title 
51, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) 
as subsections (c) through (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ON 
REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND NOISE EMIS-
SIONS FROM AIRCRAFT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish an initiative to research, develop, and dem-
onstrate new technologies and concepts for the pur-
poses of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 
aviation, including carbon dioxide, (CO2), nitrogen 
oxides (NOx), other greenhouse gases, water vapor, 
black carbon and sulfate aerosols, increased cloudi-
ness due to contrail formation, noise emissions from 
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aircraft, and to enable associated aircraft perform-
ance characteristics. 
‘‘(2) GOALS.—The goals of the initiative shall 
be to— 
‘‘(A) ensure United States leadership in re-
search and technology innovation leading to 
substantial reductions in aviation noise and 
greenhouse gas emissions; 
‘‘(B) enhance and expand basic research, 
and the translation of basic research into appli-
cations, that may lead to transformational ad-
vances in reducing aviation noise and green-
house gas emissions; 
‘‘(C) accelerate research and development 
that contributes to maturing new technologies 
for reducing aircraft noise and greenhouse gas 
emissions; and 
‘‘(D) obtain and disseminate associated 
testing and performance data that facilitates 
the incorporation of new technologies into com-
mercial aircraft development as soon as prac-
ticable. 
‘‘(3) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the initia-
tive and goals in paragraph (1) shall include— 
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‘‘(A) as soon as practicable, a reduction of 
greenhouse gas emissions from new aircraft by 
at least 50 percent compared to the highest-per-
forming aircraft technologies in service as of 
December 31, 2021; 
‘‘(B) noise levels from aircraft throughout 
all phases of flight that do not exceed ambient 
noise levels in the absence of flight operations 
in the vicinity of the flight route; 
‘‘(C) net-zero greenhouse gas emissions 
from aircraft by 2050; and 
‘‘(D) demonstrating new technologies de-
veloped pursuant to the initiative established 
under paragraph (1) on regional aircraft in-
tended to enter into service by 2030 and single- 
aisle aircraft designed to accommodate more 
than 125 passengers intended to enter into 
service by 2040.’’. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY FOCUS AREAS.—In carrying out 
the research and development initiative established under 
subsection (b) of section 40112 of title 51, United States 
Code, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall advance research, develop-
ment, and demonstration projects on promising tech-
nologies such as— 
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(1) advanced subsonic propulsion technology, 
design, and integration; 
(2) electric and hybrid-electric propulsion, in-
cluding battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell elec-
tric systems; 
(3) airframe concepts and configurations; 
(4) analysis of technology options, including 
cost-benefit analysis of greenhouse gas and noise 
emissions reduction technologies; 
(5) analytical tools for system- and system-of- 
systems-level modeling and integration; 
(6) airspace operations improvements; 
(7) noise emission reduction; and 
(8) other efforts, as determined by the Adminis-
tration, that contribute to a sustainable future for 
aviation. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the initia-
tive established under subsection (b) of section 40112 of 
title 51, United States Code, the Administrator of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall, to the 
extent practicable— 
(1) ensure that testing and performance data 
integrates the results of community acceptance sur-
veys conducted by the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion and other relevant studies, including studies on 
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the impacts of new noise effects from novel propul-
sion systems and from airspace operations changes; 
(2) provide testing and performance data on the 
technologies described in subsection (b) to the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
to facilitate the work of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration in identifying new requirements for policy, 
infrastructure, and administrative capacity necessary 
to enable the safe integration of such technologies on 
aircraft; 
(3) pursue partnerships with organizations, cur-
rent commercial production aircraft providers, aca-
demic institutions, small businesses and new en-
trants, including partnerships to advance research 
and development activities related to both regional 
aircraft and aircraft designed to accommodate more 
than 125 passengers; 
(4) include universities, academic institutions, 
and other research organizations in the partnerships 
under paragraph (3); 
(5) expand basic research; 
(6) ensure equity in research sponsorship and 
partnership opportunities with underrepresented stu-
dents, faculty, and minority-serving-institutions; 
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(7) continue to coordinate with the Department 
of Energy on battery technology research; 
(8) make available the research and develop-
ment carried out under the initiative established 
under subsection (b) of section 40112 of title 51, 
United States Code, to help enable an industry-wide 
shift toward aircraft concepts that reduce green-
house gas emissions and aircraft noise to achieve the 
goals and objectives under paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
such subsection; and 
(9) continue to support research, development, 
and demonstration of aircraft concepts, including 
systems architecture, materials and components, in-
tegration of systems and airframe structures, human 
factors, airspace planning and operations, and the 
integration of related advanced technologies and con-
cepts, with the goal of carrying out test flights with 
integrated subsystems by 2025. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the progress 
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of the work under the initiative established under sub-
section (b) of section 40112 of title 51, United States 
Code, including— 
(1) the status of progress on the initiative 
under such subsection; 
(2) an updated, anticipated timeframe for read-
iness of technologies and aircraft to be adopted by 
industry with the emissions reduction levels directed 
under such subsection; and 
(3) an identification of fundamental aeronautics 
research activities contributing to achieving the ini-
tiative under such subsection, as well as a descrip-
tion of any obstacles to achieving such goals and ob-
jectives under paragraphs (2) and (3) of such sub-
section. 
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