[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 561 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 561

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the operation in 
  certain metropolitan areas of civil subsonic turbojets that fail to 
                   comply with stage 3 noise levels.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1999

 Mr. Rothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the operation in 
  certain metropolitan areas of civil subsonic turbojets that fail to 
                   comply with stage 3 noise levels.

    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 ``Aircraft Noise Reduction Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. AIRCRAFT NOISE REDUCTION IN CERTAIN METROPOLITAN AREAS.

    Section 47528 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(f) Special Rule for Airports in Certain Metropolitan Areas.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may operate after 
the date of enactment of this subsection any civil subsonic turbojet 
that fails to comply with stage 3 noise levels to or from an airport 
located in any of the 20 most populated metropolitan areas in the 
United States, as determined by the Secretary.''.
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