Official Summaries

Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2025

This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to examine and report on the various health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1484 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1484

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
  enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of 
  Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide for a report on the 
   health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2025

 Mr. Lynch (for himself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Johnson 
 of Georgia, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
    Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Sherman) 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 
  enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of 
  Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide for a report on the 
   health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution, 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 ``Air Traffic Noise and Pollution 
Expert Consensus Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. 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 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 consensus report, the Division 
shall transmit the report to--
            (1) the Administrator;
            (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
            (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency;
            (4) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 
        the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
        of Representatives; and
            (5) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
        and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
        of the Senate.
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