[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 403 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 403

A bill to limit the construction or alterations of wind turbines near a 
                 military airbase or military airfield.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2017

Mr. Farenthold introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
A bill to limit the construction or alterations of wind turbines near a 
                 military airbase or military airfield.

    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 ``Ensuring the Safety of Our Military 
Aviators Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN WIND TURBINE PROJECTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any determination by 
the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Defense shall not 
approve any application for the construction or alteration of a wind 
turbine if such turbine is proposed to be constructed or altered within 
25 miles of a military airbase or military airfield.
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