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Quiet Communities Act of 2003

Introduced: January 29, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Feb 14, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Jan 30, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jan 29, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Jan 29, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Quiet Communities Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control.

Requires the Administrator, using funds made available to the Office, to carry out a study of airport noise.

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.

What's happening now February 14, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Jan 29, 2003
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 29, 2003
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 29, 2003
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jan 29, 2003
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 29, 2003
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Sherman, Brad
California · Jan 29, 2003
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Jan 29, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 475: Quiet Communities Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-475/
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"H.R. 475: Quiet Communities Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-475/.
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H.R. 475, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-475/.
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