SHHH Act
Bill: H.R.4930 | Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie (D-CA)
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Southbound HUSSH and NIITE Help Households Act or the SHHH Act
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue processing the proposed San Francisco International Airport NIITE Departure Southbound Transition and the Oakland International Airport HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition and render a determination as to adoption of the proposal.
The FAA may not prevent the San Francisco International Airport/Community Roundtable from initiating their own proposed NIITE Departure or HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition procedures through the Instrumental Flight Procedures Gateway or other process unless it is necessary for safety reasons that cannot be remedied.

To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
    continue processing the proposed SFO NIITE Departure Southbound 
 Transition and the OAK HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition, 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 ``Southbound HUSSH and NIITE Help 
Households Act'' or the ``SHHH Act''.

SEC. 2. PROCESSING OF DEPARTURE TRANSITION.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall--
            (1) continue processing the proposed SFO NIITE Departure 
        Southbound Transition and the OAK HUSSH Departure Southbound 
        Transition in accordance with the recommendation of the San 
        Francisco International Airport/Community Roundtable (in this 
        Act referred to as the ``SFO RT'') and the Select Committee on 
        South Bay Arrivals; and
            (2) render a determination as to adoption of the proposal.
    (b) Collaboration.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall work 
        collaboratively with the SFO RT to provide technical 
        assistance, including--
                    (A) appropriate FAA technical staff;
                    (B) data relating to the NIITE/HUSSH Departures;
                    (C) the proposed southbound transition; and
                    (D) other related or impacted flight procedures.
            (2) Data.--The data described in subparagraphs (B), (C), 
        and (D) of paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, AEDT 
        noise modeling, operational data, TARGETS data, and other 
        pertinent data.
    (c) Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Without regard to any FAA version of a 
        NIITE/HUSSH Southbound procedure proposed by the FAA, the 
        Administrator may not prevent the SFO RT from initiating their 
        own proposed NIITE Departure or HUSSH Departure Southbound 
        Transition procedures through the IFP Gateway or other process 
        unless the Administrator determines that blocking the public 
        initiation is necessary for safety reasons which cannot be 
        remedied.
            (2) Analysis.--If the Administrator makes the determination 
        described in paragraph (1), the Administrator shall--
                    (A) provide detailed analysis and provide procedure 
                alternatives in order to solve the safety concerns, if 
                possible; and
                    (B) submit or process the procedure for the 
                southbound transitions in accordance with safety 
                considerations.
    (d) Processing.--After the NIITE Departure Southbound Transition or 
the HUSSH Departure Southbound Transitions has been entered into the 
IFP Gateway, the Administrator shall convene necessary groups and 
committees and take other actions pursuant to Order JO7100.41A to 
expeditiously process the NIITE HUSSH Southbound Transitions.
    (e) Implementation.--The Administrator shall implement the proposed 
addition of a southbound transition to each of the NIITE and HUSSH 
nighttime noise abatement departures with the same conditions as the 
operations of the NIITE and HUSSH existing transitions as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act, including operating hours of 10:00 
p.m. to 7:00 a.m. every day of the week.
    (f) Participation.--The Administrator shall permit the SFO 
Roundtable to send aviation technical representatives and consultants 
to participate in the NIITE and HUSSH PBN Implementation Process (Order 
JO7100.41) as members of the core working group, full working group, or 
other groups on the same terms and conditions as the participation by 
an airport, airline industry, or a procedure proponent.
    (g) Process.--The Administrator shall follow the prescribed process 
as specified in the FAA PBN Implementation Process (Order JO7100.41) 
and shall not gratuitously withhold permissions or add requirements 
that would block continuation to successful conclusion of the NIITE or 
HUSSH PBN Implementation processes.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    The Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report if--
            (1) on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment 
        of this Act, the NIITE Departure Southbound Transition and the 
        HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition have not been entered 
        into the IFP Gateway;
            (2) on the date that is 90 days after the entry of the 
        proposed procedure into the IFP Gateway, the NIITE Departure 
        Southbound Transition and the HUSSH Departure Southbound 
        Transition have not completed Order JO7100.41 Phase One 
        Preliminary Activities;
            (3) on the date that is 180 days after the date of entry of 
        the proposed procedure into the IFP Gateway, the NIITE 
        Departure Southbound Transition and the HUSSH Departure 
        Southbound Transition have not completed Order JO7100.41 Phase 
        Two Design Activities; and
            (4) on the date that is 2 years after the date of entry 
        into the IFP Gateway, the NIITE Departure Southbound Transition 
        and the HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition are not fully 
        implemented by publication and use of the Southbound 
        Transitions.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the FAA.
            (2) AEDT.--The term ``AEDT'' means Aviation Environmental 
        Design Tool.
            (3) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (4) Core working group.--The term ``core working group'' 
        means a group of individuals listed in the PBN process that, 
        during the Preliminary Activities--
                    (A) documents and records baseline data used for 
                analysis;
                    (B) identifies and documents expected benefits for 
                the project;
                    (C) designs or reviews conceptual procedures or 
                routes in TARGETS;
                    (D) reviews applicable PBN-related knowledge 
                databases and historical documents; and
                    (E) identifies additional significant information 
                and potential risks associated with the project.
            (5) FAA.--The term ``FAA'' means the Federal Aviation 
        Administration.
            (6) Full working group.--The term ``full working group'' 
        means a committee of participants in the PBN process most often 
        consisting of the FAA, airlines, an airport authority, and 
        other industry representatives.
            (7) IFP gateway.--The term ``IFP Gateway'' means the 
        Instrument Flight Procedures Gateway.
            (8) OAK.--The term ``OAK'' means Oakland Metropolitan 
        Airport.
            (9) PBN.--The term ``PBN'' means performance based 
        navigation.
            (10) Proponent.--The term ``proponent'' means the 
        originator of a departure procedure requirement, including an 
        individual user group, ATC, Aeronautical Information Service, 
        or other appropriate government agency.
            (11) SFO.--The term ``SFO'' means San Francisco 
        International Airport.
            (12) TARGETS.--The term ``TARGETS'' means Terminal Area 
        Route Generation Evaluation and Traffic Simulation.
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