[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5450 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5450
To amend title 51, United States Code, to require a National
Aeronautics and Space Administration initiative on reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions and noise emissions from aircraft, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 17, 2019
Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rouda,
Mr. Khanna, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Eshoo, Mr.
Quigley, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Sherman, Mr.
Suozzi, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology
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A BILL
To amend title 51, United States Code, to require a National
Aeronautics and Space Administration initiative on reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions and noise emissions from aircraft, 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 ``Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Air travel currently contributes approximately 3
percent to global carbon emissions, but emissions from this
sector are expected to triple by 2050.
(2) A healthy, thriving aviation sector contributes to the
quality of life and economic well-being of the United States.
In 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration found that civil
aviation accounted for 5.1 percent of the United States gross
domestic product, generated $1.6 trillion, and supported
10,600,000 jobs.
(3) Existing aircraft technologies contribute to noise
pollution that has adverse impacts on the quality of life in
affected communities. As air traffic volumes increase and the
adoption of performance-based navigation technology proceeds,
the problem of noise pollution is becoming more severe in some
areas.
(4) The United States has adopted a goal of carbon-neutral
growth in aviation from 2020.
(5) Research on technologies to lessen the environmental
and noise impacts of aviation is ongoing, but should
accelerate, and should include work on the further maturation
and integration of multiple enabling technologies on production
aircraft, including novel integrated systems at the aircraft
level.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE ON
REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND NOISE EMISSIONS
FROM AIRCRAFT.
(a) Initiative Required.--Section 40112 of title 51, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as
subsections (c) through (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
subsection (b):
``(b) Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Noise Emissions
Reduction.--
``(1) Initiative required.--The Administrator shall
establish an initiative to build upon and accelerate previous
or ongoing work to develop and demonstrate new technologies,
including systems architecture, components, or integration of
systems and airframe structures, in aircraft concepts that are
capable of reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and noise
emissions from aircraft by at least 50 percent compared to the
highest-performing aircraft technologies in service as of
December 31, 2019, with the goal of deploying new technologies
developed pursuant to the initiative on regional transport
aircraft intended to enter into service by 2030 and on single-
aisle aircraft designed to accommodate more than 125 passengers
intended to enter into service by 2040.
``(2) Approach.--In carrying out the initiative, the
Administrator shall do the following:
``(A) Continue and expand work of the
Administration on research, development, and
demonstration of aircraft concepts described in
paragraph (1), and the integration of related advanced
technologies and concepts, with the goal of carrying
out test flights by 2025.
``(B) To the extent practicable, work with multiple
partner organizations, including current commercial
production aircraft providers and small businesses and
new entrants, on research and development activities
related to both regional transport aircraft and
aircraft designed to accommodate more than 125
passengers in order to achieve an industry-wide shift
towards aircraft concepts for the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions and noise emissions.
``(C) Provide guidance to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) on technologies developed and
tested pursuant to the initiative in order to assist
the work of the Federal Aviation Administration to
identify new requirements for policy, infrastructure,
and administrative capacity necessary to enable the
safe deployment of such technologies on transport
category aircraft.''.
(b) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall submit to Congress
a report on the progress of the work under the initiative required by
subsection (b) of section 40112 of title 51, United States Code (as
amended by subsection (a) of this section), including a description of
any perceived obstacles to achieving the goal of a 50-percent reduction
in both greenhouse gas emissions and noise emissions from aircraft as
contemplated for the initiative.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for
the initiative required by subsection (b) of section 40112 of title 51,
United States Code (as so amended), amounts as follows:
(1) For fiscal year 2021, $125,000,000.
(2) For fiscal year 2022, $225,000,000.
(3) For each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024, $275,000,000.
(4) For fiscal year 2025, $225,000,000.
(5) For fiscal year 2026, $75,000,000.
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