[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2613 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2613

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that a voluntary 
    agreement with respect to commercial air tour operations over a 
  national park considers the well-being of communities overflown by 
     aircraft involved in such operations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2023

 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that a voluntary 
    agreement with respect to commercial air tour operations over a 
  national park considers the well-being of communities overflown by 
     aircraft involved in such operations, 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 ``Communities Before Air Tourism 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PARK PROTECTION.

    Section 40128(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``or the air traffic 
        control system'' and inserting ``, the air traffic control 
        system, or the well-being of communities overflown by aircraft 
        involved in such commercial air tour operations''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ``any community whose 
        lands are, or may be, and'' before ``any Indian tribe''.
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