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House Bill 7550
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Washington, DC, Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act
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H. R. 7550 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7550


To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a mechanism to make helicopter noise complaint data accessible to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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.

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 “Washington, DC, Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act”.

SEC. 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.