[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1219 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1219

To amend the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 to exempt noise and 
  access restrictions on aircraft operations to and from metropolitan 
airports from Federal review and approval requirements under that Act, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 1993

    Mr. Engel (for himself, Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Shays) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 to exempt noise and 
  access restrictions on aircraft operations to and from metropolitan 
airports from Federal review and approval requirements under that Act, 
                        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 ``Metropolitan Airport Noise Reduction 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF AIRPORT NOISE AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) Limitation on Applicability of Federal Review Requirements.--
Section 9304 of the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. 
App. 2153) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting ``to and from 
        nonmetropolitan airports'' after ``Stage 3 aircraft'';
            (2) in subsection (b) by inserting ``to or from a 
        nonmetropolitan airport'' after ``operation of a Stage 3 
        aircraft'';
            (3) in subsection (c) by inserting ``to or from a 
        nonmetropolitan airport'' after ``Stage 2 aircraft'';
            (4) in subsection (d)(1) by inserting ``to or from a 
        nonmetropolitan airport'' after ``Stage 3 aircraft'';
            (5) in subsection (d)(2) by inserting ``to or from a 
        nonmetropolitan airport'' after ``Stage 3 aircraft 
        operations''; and
            (6) in subsection (e) by striking ``facilities'' and 
        inserting ``nonmetropolitan airports''.
    (b) Nonmetropolitan Airport Defined.--Section 9304 of such Act is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Nonmetropolitan Airport Defined.--For the purposes of this 
section, the term `nonmetropolitan airport' means an airport serving an 
area with a population of less than 1,000,000 individuals.''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICATIONS TO WAIVE STAGE 3 NOISE 
              LEVELS FOR CERTAIN AIRCRAFT.

    The second sentence of section 9308(b)(1) of the Airport Noise and 
Capacity Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App. 2157(b)(1)) is amended by 
inserting after ``1999,'' the following: ``must contain assurances that 
operations of aircraft which do not comply with Stage 3 noise levels 
will not be concentrated at one or more airports if the waiver is 
granted,''.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON ROLLBACK OF AIRCRAFT RESTRICTIONS.

    The Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App. 2151-
2158) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 9310. PROHIBITION ON ROLLBACK OF AIRCRAFT RESTRICTIONS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--No airport noise or access restriction on the 
operation of Stage 2 or Stage 3 aircraft to or from a metropolitan or 
nonmetropolitan airport in effect on November 5, 1990, may be modified, 
superseded, or repealed so as to make such restriction less stringent. 
This subsection shall apply to any action taken on, before, or after 
the date of the enactment of this section.
    ``(b) Notification.--The Secretary shall promptly notify the 
sponsor of any facility operating under airport noise or access 
restrictions in violation of subsection (a) of such violation and 
recommend actions necessary for compliance with subsection (a).
    ``(c) Ineligibility for PFC's and AIP Funds.--After the 90th day 
following the date on which the sponsor of a facility receives pursuant 
to subsection (b) notice of a violation of subsection (a), such sponsor 
shall not be eligible to impose a passenger facility charge under 
section 1113(e) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and shall not be 
eligible for grants authorized by section 505 of the Airport and Airway 
Improvement Act of 1982 until such date as the Secretary determines 
that the facility is operating under airport noise and access 
restrictions in compliance with subsection (a).''.

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