A bill to require a study on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.

Bill: 115-s-2422
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-02-13
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Congressional oversight

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Government studies and investigations

Medical research

Noise pollution
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2422 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 13, 2018 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 A BILL To require a study on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.

1. 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 the 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 report required by subsection (a)(2), the Division shall transmit the report to the Administrator, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.