118 HR 7550 IH: Washington, DC, Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-03-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7550IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 5, 2024Ms. 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 InfrastructureA BILLTo require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a mechanism to make helicopter noise complaint data accessible to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Washington, DC, Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act.

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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.