[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4930 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4930
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to
continue processing the proposed SFO NIITE Departure Southbound
Transition and the OAK HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 3, 2021
Ms. Speier (for herself, Mr. Panetta, and Ms. Eshoo) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to
continue processing the proposed SFO NIITE Departure Southbound
Transition and the OAK HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition, 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 ``Southbound HUSSH and NIITE Help
Households Act'' or the ``SHHH Act''.
SEC. 2. PROCESSING OF DEPARTURE TRANSITION.
(a) In General.--The Administrator shall--
(1) continue processing the proposed SFO NIITE Departure
Southbound Transition and the OAK HUSSH Departure Southbound
Transition in accordance with the recommendation of the San
Francisco International Airport/Community Roundtable (in this
Act referred to as the ``SFO RT'') and the Select Committee on
South Bay Arrivals; and
(2) render a determination as to adoption of the proposal.
(b) Collaboration.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator shall work
collaboratively with the SFO RT to provide technical
assistance, including--
(A) appropriate FAA technical staff;
(B) data relating to the NIITE/HUSSH Departures;
(C) the proposed southbound transition; and
(D) other related or impacted flight procedures.
(2) Data.--The data described in subparagraphs (B), (C),
and (D) of paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, AEDT
noise modeling, operational data, TARGETS data, and other
pertinent data.
(c) Requirements.--
(1) In general.--Without regard to any FAA version of a
NIITE/HUSSH Southbound procedure proposed by the FAA, the
Administrator may not prevent the SFO RT from initiating their
own proposed NIITE Departure or HUSSH Departure Southbound
Transition procedures through the IFP Gateway or other process
unless the Administrator determines that blocking the public
initiation is necessary for safety reasons which cannot be
remedied.
(2) Analysis.--If the Administrator makes the determination
described in paragraph (1), the Administrator shall--
(A) provide detailed analysis and provide procedure
alternatives in order to solve the safety concerns, if
possible; and
(B) submit or process the procedure for the
southbound transitions in accordance with safety
considerations.
(d) Processing.--After the NIITE Departure Southbound Transition or
the HUSSH Departure Southbound Transitions has been entered into the
IFP Gateway, the Administrator shall convene necessary groups and
committees and take other actions pursuant to Order JO7100.41A to
expeditiously process the NIITE HUSSH Southbound Transitions.
(e) Implementation.--The Administrator shall implement the proposed
addition of a southbound transition to each of the NIITE and HUSSH
nighttime noise abatement departures with the same conditions as the
operations of the NIITE and HUSSH existing transitions as in effect on
the date of enactment of this Act, including operating hours of 10:00
p.m. to 7:00 a.m. every day of the week.
(f) Participation.--The Administrator shall permit the SFO
Roundtable to send aviation technical representatives and consultants
to participate in the NIITE and HUSSH PBN Implementation Process (Order
JO7100.41) as members of the core working group, full working group, or
other groups on the same terms and conditions as the participation by
an airport, airline industry, or a procedure proponent.
(g) Process.--The Administrator shall follow the prescribed process
as specified in the FAA PBN Implementation Process (Order JO7100.41)
and shall not gratuitously withhold permissions or add requirements
that would block continuation to successful conclusion of the NIITE or
HUSSH PBN Implementation processes.
SEC. 3. REPORT.
The Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report if--
(1) on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the NIITE Departure Southbound Transition and the
HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition have not been entered
into the IFP Gateway;
(2) on the date that is 90 days after the entry of the
proposed procedure into the IFP Gateway, the NIITE Departure
Southbound Transition and the HUSSH Departure Southbound
Transition have not completed Order JO7100.41 Phase One
Preliminary Activities;
(3) on the date that is 180 days after the date of entry of
the proposed procedure into the IFP Gateway, the NIITE
Departure Southbound Transition and the HUSSH Departure
Southbound Transition have not completed Order JO7100.41 Phase
Two Design Activities; and
(4) on the date that is 2 years after the date of entry
into the IFP Gateway, the NIITE Departure Southbound Transition
and the HUSSH Departure Southbound Transition are not fully
implemented by publication and use of the Southbound
Transitions.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the FAA.
(2) AEDT.--The term ``AEDT'' means Aviation Environmental
Design Tool.
(3) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives.
(4) Core working group.--The term ``core working group''
means a group of individuals listed in the PBN process that,
during the Preliminary Activities--
(A) documents and records baseline data used for
analysis;
(B) identifies and documents expected benefits for
the project;
(C) designs or reviews conceptual procedures or
routes in TARGETS;
(D) reviews applicable PBN-related knowledge
databases and historical documents; and
(E) identifies additional significant information
and potential risks associated with the project.
(5) FAA.--The term ``FAA'' means the Federal Aviation
Administration.
(6) Full working group.--The term ``full working group''
means a committee of participants in the PBN process most often
consisting of the FAA, airlines, an airport authority, and
other industry representatives.
(7) IFP gateway.--The term ``IFP Gateway'' means the
Instrument Flight Procedures Gateway.
(8) OAK.--The term ``OAK'' means Oakland Metropolitan
Airport.
(9) PBN.--The term ``PBN'' means performance based
navigation.
(10) Proponent.--The term ``proponent'' means the
originator of a departure procedure requirement, including an
individual user group, ATC, Aeronautical Information Service,
or other appropriate government agency.
(11) SFO.--The term ``SFO'' means San Francisco
International Airport.
(12) TARGETS.--The term ``TARGETS'' means Terminal Area
Route Generation Evaluation and Traffic Simulation.
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