[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3572-S3573]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2181. Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. Baldwin) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe

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military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 382. PILOT PROGRAM ON REDUCTION OF EFFECTS OF MILITARY 
                   AVIATION NOISE ON PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND 
                   SCHOOLS.

       (a) In General.--Commencing not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall carry out a pilot program to provide funds for 
     the installation of noise insulation at private residences 
     and schools impacted by military aviation noise in connection 
     with a covered military installation selected for 
     participation in the pilot program.
       (b) Eligibility.--
       (1) In general.--A private residence or school is eligible 
     for the installation of noise insulation under the pilot 
     program if the residence or school--
       (A) is located within a noise contour between a 65 decibel 
     day-night average sound level and a 75 decibel day-night 
     average sound level as validated during the three-year period 
     preceding the receipt of funds under the pilot program by an 
     assessment compliant with the requirements of the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
     and
       (B) has been measured by the commander of the appropriate 
     covered military installation to have a 45 decibel day-night 
     average sound level.
       (2) Agreement.--To be eligible to receive funds under the 
     pilot program, a recipient shall enter into an agreement with 
     the commander of the appropriate covered military 
     installation under which the recipient agrees to--
       (A) provide not less than ten percent of the funds required 
     to carry out the noise insulation; and
       (B) ensure that the noise at the private residence or 
     school where insulation is installed is reduced by not less 
     than five decibels.
       (c) Selection of Locations.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall select not fewer than 
     four covered military installations at which to carry out the 
     pilot program.
       (2) Criteria.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
     installations selected under paragraph (1)--
       (A) are in areas that are geographically diverse;
       (B) include installations that serve members of the Armed 
     Forced on active duty and installations that serve members of 
     the reserve components of the Armed Forces;
       (C) focus on areas with private residences and schools 
     newly impacted by increased noise levels from such 
     installations; and
       (D) include at least one site co-located with a civilian 
     international airport.
       (d) Duration.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot 
     program for a five-year period beginning on the commencement 
     of the pilot program.
       (e) Use of Funds to Meet Matching Fund Requirements of 
     Other Programs.--Funds provided under the pilot program may 
     be used to meet a matching funds requirement for any other 
     noise mitigation program run by another Federal agency.
       (f) Inapplicability of Reporting Requirements.--The 
     reporting requirements under section 2886 of this Act shall 
     not apply to noise mitigation measures under the pilot 
     program.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense $20,000,000 to 
     carry out the pilot program.
       (h) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to invalidate the eligibility of a recipient of 
     funds under the pilot program for any other noise mitigation 
     program run by another Federal agency.
       (i) Covered Military Installation.--In this section, the 
     term ``covered military installation'' means a military 
     installation that has changed or expanded missions during the 
     five-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
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