[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6556 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6556
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for certain noise
mitigation near San Francisco International Airport, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 1, 2023
Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Cardenas, and Ms. Eshoo)
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 provide for certain noise
mitigation near San Francisco International Airport, 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 ``Serious Noise Reduction Efforts Act
of 2023'' or the ``SNORE Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR NOISE MITIGATION NEAR SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
(a) Residential Noise Mitigation Near San Francisco International
Airport.--Section 47504 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subparagraph (E) by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(F) installing residential noise dampening windows,
residential noise insulation, and other residential
improvements to reduce or to mitigate the noise impacts of the
operation of San Francisco International Airport.'';
(2) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (E) by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(G) for a program of residential noise mitigation and
soundproofing for residential buildings near San Francisco
International Airport.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Residential Noise Mitigation Near San Francisco International
Airport.--
``(1) Program requirements.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall approve, and may incur
obligations for, a program submitted under subsection (a) that
requires the expenditure of funds made available under section
48103 for mitigation of aircraft noise less than 65 DNL if--
``(A) such program is submitted and operated by San
Francisco International Airport; and
``(B) in any 2 consecutive or nonconsecutive months
in a fiscal year, a total of 10 or more measurements of
75 dBA or greater (on a noise monitor operated or
approved by San Francisco International Airport) are
taken within a single city or county between the hours
of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. due to San Francisco
International Airport operations, including aircraft
arriving or departing the airport.
``(2) Program contents.--The program described in paragraph
(1) shall propose to soundproof at least 200 residential
buildings per fiscal year. Residential buildings proposed for
aircraft noise mitigation shall be within any noise-affected
location and the noise mitigation may be performed on a
residence whether or not it is within the 65 DNL contour.
``(3) Funding.--
``(A) Eligible funds.--The San Francisco
International Airport may use Federal funds, revenue
from passenger facility charges authorized under
section 40117, and other revenue generated by the
airport to carry out activities under the program
without regard to any restrictions on the use of such
funds under sections 40177 and 47133.
``(B) Remittance of funds.--As a condition of
approval of any Federal grants awarded to San Francisco
International Airport after fiscal year 2023, the
Airport shall agree that in any fiscal year in which a
program is submitted by San Francisco International
Airport under paragraph (1) that does not propose noise
mitigation of 200 or more homes, the Airport shall
remit to each noise-affected location an amount equal
to 10 times the amount of funding provided to the
noise-affected location under the Community Development
Block Grant Program under title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et
seq.) for the previous fiscal year.
``(C) Use of remitted funds.--An airport disbursing
funds to a city or county under this program shall
obtain written assurance from the city or county that
the funds shall be expended for purposes of noise
mitigation and that the funds shall be spent not later
than 2 fiscal years after the disbursement of funds to
the city or county.
``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Noise-affected location.--The term `noise-
affected location' means any city or county in which
ten or more measurements described in paragraph (1)(B)
were taken during the previous fiscal year.
``(B) Noise mitigation.--The term `noise
mitigation' means soundproofing and noise dampening,
including the installation of noise dampening windows,
residential noise insulation, and other residential
improvements that reduce the impact of noise.
``(C) Residential building.--The term `residential
building' means a single family housing unit or a
multifamily housing unit.''.
(b) Revenue Diversion Exception.--Section 47107(k) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as
paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Revenue diversion exception.--The use of revenue
generated by San Francisco International Airport shall not be
considered a diversion as set forth in this or any other
section if such revenue is used for purposes of conducting a
program of residential noise mitigation as described in section
47504(f).''.
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