[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2351

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
    conduct a study relating to ultrafine particles, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2019

  Mr. Smith of Washington (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Ted Lieu of 
California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Suozzi, and Ms. Jackson Lee) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
    conduct a study relating to ultrafine particles, 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 ``Protecting Airport Communities from 
Particle Emissions Act''.

SEC. 2. AIRBORNE ULTRAFINE PARTICLE STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the 
National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study that--
            (1) summarizes the relevant literature and studies done on 
        airborne ultrafine particles worldwide;
            (2) focuses on large hub commercial airports in--
                    (A) Seattle;
                    (B) Boston;
                    (C) Chicago;
                    (D) New York;
                    (E) the Northern California Metroplex;
                    (F) Phoenix;
                    (G) the Southern California Metroplex;
                    (H) the District of Columbia;
                    (I) Atlanta; and
                    (J) any other metropolitan large hub airport 
                identified by the Administrator;
            (3) specifically looks at--
                    (A) characteristics of UFPs present in the air;
                    (B) spatial and temporal distributions of UFP 
                concentrations;
                    (C) primary sources of UFPs;
                    (D) how much aircraft and airport operations are 
                contributing to the distribution of UFP concentrations 
                when compared to other sources;
                    (E) potential health effects associated with 
                elevated UFP exposures, including heart and lung 
                diseases, asthma, nervous system disorders, and other 
                health effects, that have been considered in previous 
                studies; and
                    (F) potential UFP exposures, especially to 
                susceptible and vulnerable groups;
            (4) identifies measures, including the use of sustainable 
        aviation fuels, intended to reduce emissions from aircraft and 
        airport operations and assess potential impacts on emissions 
        related to UFPs; and
            (5) identifies important information gaps related to 
        understanding relationships between UFP exposures and health 
        effects, contributions of aviation-related emissions to UFP 
        exposures, and the effectiveness of mitigation measures.
    (b) Coordination.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall coordinate with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, and any other agency that the Administrator deems appropriate 
to provide data and other assistance necessary for the study.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of execution of 
the funding agreement between the Federal Aviation Administration and 
the National Academy of Sciences, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall submit to Congress a report on the study.
    (d) Definition.--In this Act, the terms ``ultrafine particle'' and 
``UFP'' mean particles with diameters less than or equal to 100 
nanometers.
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