Title: Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2022
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2022
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to examine and report on the various health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5312 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5312

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
   enter into appropriate arrangements with the Health and Medicine 
   Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 
 Medicine to provide for a report on the health impacts of air traffic 
              noise and pollution, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 20, 2022

Ms. Warren (for herself and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
   enter into appropriate arrangements with the Health and Medicine 
   Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 
 Medicine to provide for a report on the health impacts of air traffic 
              noise and pollution, 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 ``Air Traffic Noise and Pollution 
Expert Consensus Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. HEALTH IMPACTS OF AIR TRAFFIC NOISE AND POLLUTION.

    (a) Study.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the 
Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine under which the Division will--
            (1) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, convene a committee of experts in health and 
        environmental science to examine the various health impacts of 
        air traffic noise and pollution; and
            (2) issue a corresponding expert consensus report that sets 
        forth current scientific knowledge relating to the various 
        health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.
    (b) Report.--Upon completion of the consensus report required by 
subsection (a)(2), the Health and Medicine Division of the National 
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall transmit a copy 
of the report to--
            (1) the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
        Administration;
            (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
            (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency;
            (4) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 
        the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (5) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
        and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
        of the Senate.
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