[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2429 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2429

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the operator of Los 
 Angeles International Airport to mail annual noise mitigation reports 
            to residents in the area surrounding an airport.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2001

  Ms. Waters 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 require the operator of Los 
 Angeles International Airport to mail annual noise mitigation reports 
            to residents in the area surrounding an airport.

    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 ``LAX Noise Community Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL NOISE MITIGATION REPORTS BY LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL 
              AIRPORT.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 47511. Annual noise mitigation reports by Los Angeles 
              International Airport
    ``(a) In General.--Before the last day of the first fiscal year 
beginning after the date of enactment of this section, and in each 
fiscal year thereafter, the operator of Los Angeles International 
Airport (in this section referred to as the `operator') shall mail a 
noise mitigation report to each household located in the 10-mile radius 
of the airport and any additional area covered under a noise 
compatibility program developed for the airport under section 47504.
    ``(b) Contents.--An annual report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following information:
            ``(1) A detailed description of the extent to which noise 
        in the area surrounding the airport has increased or decreased 
        during the previous year.
            ``(2) A list of the dates and times of aircraft arrivals 
        and departures at the airport that have taken place during 
        prohibited hours in the previous year.
            ``(3) A description of all efforts to reduce noise in the 
        area surrounding the airport, the extent to which these efforts 
        were successful, and the means and methods used to achieve the 
        noise reduction.
            ``(4) A description of all plans to further reduce noise in 
        the area surrounding the airport, including noise reduction 
        goals and timetables for achieving these goals.
            ``(5) Information about the availability of Federal, State, 
        and local residential noise mitigation funds and the 
        application procedures for these funds.
    ``(c) Civil Penalty.--
            ``(1) In general.--If the operator of Los Angeles 
        International Airport fails to comply with the requirements of 
        this section in a fiscal year, the operator shall be liable to 
        the United States for a civil penalty in an amount determined 
        by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
            ``(2) Imposition of penalties.--The Administrator shall 
        impose a civil penalty under this subsection in accordance with 
        the requirements of section 46301(d).
            ``(3) Use of amounts.--Any amount collected under this 
        subsection shall be available to the Administrator for making 
        grants to non-profit organizations to provide educational 
        services, health care services, environmental services, speech 
        and hearing services, and services to persons with disabilities 
        in communities impacted by noise from Los Angeles International 
        Airport.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 
475 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``47511. Annual noise mitigation reports by Los Angeles International 
                            Airport.''.
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