3.0.0 3197 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z Senate S 2016-07-13 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-13T21:24:11Z Quiet Communities Act of 2015 114 3384 HR 2015-07-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Related bill CRS 2016-07-13 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-07-13 True Environmental Protection Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental technology Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Noise pollution Environmental Protection 00 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-10T13:16:25Z Quiet Communities Act of 2016

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control; and (2) arrange for independent scientists who have expertise in noise measurements, noise effects, and noise abatement techniques to carry out a study of airport noise.

The Quiet Communities Program must include: (1) establishing and implementing training programs on the use of noise abatement equipment, and (2) implementing noise abatement plans.

]]> Quiet Communities Act of 2016 Display Title Quiet Communities Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Quiet Communities Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3197is/xml/BILLS-114s3197is.xml 2016-07-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.