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Quiet Communities Act of 1999

Introduced: August 4, 1999 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 10, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Aug 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Aug 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Ground Transportation.
Aug 4, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 4, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Quiet Communities Act of 1999 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control in EPA.

Requires the Administrator, using funds made available to the Office, to carry out a study of airport noise, examining the Federal Aviation Administration's selection of noise measurement methodologies, health impact thresholds, and abatement program effectiveness.

Amends the Noise Control Act of 1972 to include the establishment of training programs on the use of noise abatement equipment and the implementation of noise abatement plans in the list of purposes for which grants under the Quiet Communities Program are provided.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now September 10, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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