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Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2025

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into appropriate arrangements with 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.

Introduced Feb 21, 2025

Latest action (Feb 21, 2025) Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summary

This bill would direct the Federal Aviation Administration to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to produce an expert consensus report on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution. The National Academies' Health and Medicine Division would be required to convene a committee of experts in health and environmental science within 30 days of enactment to examine the various health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution. The committee would issue a consensus report summarizing current scientific knowledge on these health impacts. Upon completion, the report would be transmitted to the FAA Administrator, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the EPA Administrator, and relevant committees of Congress, including the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.

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Actions (3)

  1. Feb 21, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. · house
  2. Feb 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
  3. Feb 21, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • Introduced in House · Feb 21, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 21, 2025

Mr. Lynch (for himself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Sherman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into appropriate arrangements with 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 2025”.

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, the Division shall transmit the report to—

(1) the Administrator;

(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 Government 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. <all>

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