Washington, DC, Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act

Bill: 118-hr-7550
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2024-03-05
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2024-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Washington, DC, Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish a mechanism to make helicopter noise complaint data for the Washington, DC, area more accessible. Under the bill, the <em>Washington, DC, area</em> is the area inside of a 30-mile radius surrounding Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.</p><p>Specifically, the FAA must establish a mechanism to make helicopter noise complaint data (1) accessible to the FAA; (2) accessible to helicopter operators operating in the Washington, DC, area; and (3) available on a public website. Any helicopter operator operating in the Washington, DC, area must provide helicopter noise complaint data to the FAA through this mechanism.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,eyJtY2UtY29udmVyc2F0aW9uXzE3Mzg3MDgxMzIxNzE1MDIwMDAwMjIyIjp7InVpZCI6Im1jZS1jb252ZXJzYXRpb25fMTczODcwODEzMjE3MTUwMjAwMDAyMjIiLCJjb21tZW50cyI6W3sidWlkIjoibWNlLWNvbnZlcnNhdGlvbl8xNzM4NzA4MTMyMTcxNTAyMDAwMDIyMiIsImF1dGhvciI6ImNpc2VuYmVyZ0BsaWIubG9jLmdvdiIsImF1dGhvck5hbWUiOiJjaXNlbmJlcmdAbGliLmxvYy5nb3YiLCJjb250ZW50IjoiSSByZW1vdmVkIHRoZSBwZXJpb2RzIGZyb20gREMgcGVyIENSUyBzdHlsZS4gIiwiY3JlYXRlZEF0IjoiMjAyNC0wNS0wNlQxODoyNjo0MC4yMjFaIiwibW9kaWZpZWRBdCI6IjIwMjQtMDUtMDZUMTg6MjY6NDAuMjIxWiJ9XX19-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7550 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2024 Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Connolly , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Trone , and Mr. Raskin ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a mechanism to make helicopter noise complaint data accessible to the Federal Aviation Administration.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Washington, DC, Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act . 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, to helicopter operators operating in the Washington, DC, area, and to the public on a website of the Administration, 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, DC, 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 section: (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 surrounding Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.