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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.

Referred to
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Issues
Healthcare

Summary
  • Directs the FAA to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to produce an expert consensus report on health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.
  • Requires the National Academies to convene a committee of health and environmental science experts within 30 days of enactment to examine air traffic health impacts.
  • Requires the National Academies to issue a report summarizing current scientific knowledge on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.
  • Requires the report to be transmitted to the FAA, HHS Secretary, EPA Administrator, and relevant committees of Congress.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
34 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Stephen F. Lynch’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • AT HOME $12,400
  • NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT $10,000
  • CRONIN DEVELOPMENT $7,600
  • JOHN MORIARTY & ASSOCIATES $6,600
  • REDGATE $5,250

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Stephen F. Lynch → · Outside spending →

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

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 898 — Aviation Noise and Emissions Mitigation Act · Introduced Feb 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 5151 — Quiet Communities Act of 2025 · Introduced Sep 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 5205 — Aircraft Noise Reduction Act · Introduced Sep 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 6927 — Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act · Introduced Dec 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 3410 — Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act · Passed House Mar 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 2569 — Train Noise and Vibrations Reduction Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 21, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

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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