[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1866 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1866

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt certain local 
restrictions from review under the airport noise and access restriction 
                            review program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2007

  Mr. Schumer 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 amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt certain local 
restrictions from review under the airport noise and access restriction 
                            review program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AIRPORT NOISE AND ACCESS RESTRICTION REVIEW PROGRAM.

    Section 47524(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (5)(B);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) a local restriction limiting the hours of operation 
        of a publicly-owned airport maintained by the owner of the 
        airport, if the owner had previously maintained a local 
        restriction limiting the hours of operation of the airport that 
        was disallowed by a court before 1985, and the owner has--
                    ``(A) without interruption since 1985, maintained a 
                policy of encouraging voluntary limitation of the hours 
                of operation of the airport;
                    ``(B) without interruption since 1985, imposed 
                restrictions limiting the capacity of the airport 
                terminal; and
                    ``(C) developed and implemented an environmental 
                management system that is certified as conforming to 
                the International Standards Organization 14001 
                Environmental Management System Standard.''.
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