[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2422 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2422

   To require a study on the health impacts of air traffic noise and 
                               pollution.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2018

Ms. Warren (for herself and Mr. Markey) 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 require a study on the health impacts of air traffic noise and 
                               pollution.

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

SECTION 1. HEALTH IMPACTS OF AIR TRAFFIC NOISE AND POLLUTION.

    (a) Study.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the 
Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine under which the Division will--
            (1) not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, convene a committee of experts in health and 
        environmental science to examine the various health impacts of 
        air traffic noise and pollution; and
            (2) issue a corresponding expert consensus report that sets 
        forth current scientific knowledge relating to the various 
        health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.
    (b) Report.--Upon completion of the report required by subsection 
(a)(2), the Division shall transmit the report to the Administrator, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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