HR 2702
106th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Environmental education
Environmental health
Environmental research
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Labor and Employment
Noise
Railroad terminals
Roads and highways
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
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Quiet Communities Act of 1999
Introduced: August 4, 1999
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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
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.