[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5142 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5142

 To provide that the standard for soundproofing a residential building 
 under section 47502 of title 49, United States Code, for Los Angeles 
International Airport shall be a community noise equivalent level of 60 
        decibels instead of 65 decibels, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2002

  Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that the standard for soundproofing a residential building 
 under section 47502 of title 49, United States Code, for Los Angeles 
International Airport shall be a community noise equivalent level of 60 
        decibels instead of 65 decibels, 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 ``LAX Contour Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. NOISE LEVEL STANDARD FOR LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any regulation, order, agreement, 
or approval of the Secretary of Transportation, the standard for 
soundproofing a residential building under section 47502 of title 49, 
United States Code, for Los Angeles International Airport shall be a 
community noise equivalent level of 60 decibels instead of 65 decibels.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``community noise 
equivalent level'' has the meaning such term has under section 150.7 of 
title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on June 1, 
2002.

SEC. 3. HOLD HARMLESS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the submission of a 
noise exposure map under section 47503 of title 49, United States Code, 
to the Secretary of Transportation by the operator of Los Angeles 
International Airport for the purpose of complying with section 1 shall 
not affect the eligibility of a residential building that was eligible 
on June 1, 2002, for noise mitigation assistance under chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code.
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