Washington, DC Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.2285 | Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-DC)
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Washington, DC Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act of 2021
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a mechanism to make helicopter noise complaint data accessible to the FAA and helicopter operators operating in the Washington, DC area (i.e., the area inside of a 30-mile radius of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport). The mechanism must be based on the recommendation of the Government Accountability Office in the report published on January 7, 2021, titled Aircraft Noise: Better Information Sharing Could Improve Responses to Washington, D.C. Area Helicopter Noise Concerns.
The bill also requires any helicopter operator operating in the Washington, DC area to provide helicopter noise complaint data to the FAA through such established mechanism.

To require the Federal Aviation Administration to implement a 
Government Accountability Office recommendation relating to helicopter 
       noise in the Washington, DC area, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Washington, DC Area Helicopter Noise 
Information Exchange Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall 
establish a mechanism to make helicopter noise complaint data 
accessible to the Federal Aviation Administration and helicopter 
operators operating in the Washington, DC area, based on the 
recommendation of the Government Accountability Office in the report 
published on January 7, 2021, titled ``Aircraft Noise: Better 
Information Sharing Could Improve Responses to Washington, D.C. Area 
Helicopter Noise Concerns''.
    (b) Cooperation.--Any helicopter operator operating in the 
Washington, DC area shall provide helicopter noise complaint data to 
the Federal Aviation Administration through the mechanism established 
under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Helicopter noise complaint data.--The term ``helicopter 
        noise complaint data''--
                    (A) means general data relating to a complaint made 
                by an individual about helicopter noise in the 
                Washington, DC area and may include--
                            (i) the location and description of the 
                        event that is the subject of the complaint;
                            (ii) the start and end time of such event;
                            (iii) a description of the aircraft that is 
                        the subject of the complaint; and
                            (iv) the airport name associated with such 
                        event; and
                    (B) does not include the personally identifiable 
                information of the individual who submitted the 
                complaint.
            (2) Washington, dc area.--The term ``Washington, DC area'' 
        means the area inside of a 30-mile radius of Ronald Reagan 
        Washington National Airport.
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