[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3804 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3804

  To prohibit commercial air tour operations over Kalaupapa National 
Historical Park, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Pu`uhonua o 
   Honaunau National Historical Park, and Pu`ukohola Heiau National 
                             Historic Site.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2006

   Mr. Akaka introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit commercial air tour operations over Kalaupapa National 
Historical Park, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Pu`uhonua o 
   Honaunau National Historical Park, and Pu`ukohola Heiau National 
                             Historic Site.

    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 ``Hawaiian Sacred Sites Noise 
Reduction Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF AIR TOURS.

    Section 806 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform 
Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 40128 note; 114 Stat. 194) is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``over the rocky 
        mountain national park'' and inserting ``over certain units of 
        national park system'';
            (2) by striking ``Effective'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Mountain National Park.--Effective''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) National Park Units in the State of Hawaii.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act or section 40126 of title 49, United 
States Code, effective beginning on the date of enactment of the 
Hawaiian Sacred Sites Noise Reduction Act of 2006, no commercial air 
tour operation may be conducted in the airspace over--
            ``(1) the Kalaupapa National Historical Park;
            ``(2) the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park;
            ``(3) the Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park; or
            ``(4) the Pu`ukohola Heiau National Historic Site.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act and amendments made by this Act.
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