S 688
107th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Access to airports
Airlines
Airports
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Local laws
Noise
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the airport noise and access review program.
Introduced: April 4, 2001
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 4, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 4, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends Federal aviation law to declare that airport noise or access restrictions on the operation of stage 2 and stage 3 aircraft shall not apply to a local restriction limiting the hours of operation of an airport adopted by an airport operator but disallowed by a court before 1985 if: (1) the airport operator adopted before 1985 a policy of encouraging voluntary limitation of the hours of operation; and (2) such operator entered into an agreement before 1985 with scheduled air carriers regulating the capacity of the airport terminal.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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