S 3385 115th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental technology Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Noise pollution

Quiet Communities Act of 2018

Introduced: August 23, 2018 Introduced by: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Aug 23, 2018

Introduced in Senate

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Quiet Communities Act of 2018

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control; and (2) arrange for independent scientists who have expertise in noise measurements, noise effects, and noise abatement techniques to carry out a study of airport noise.

The Quiet Communities Program must include: (1) establishing and implementing training programs on the use of noise abatement equipment, and (2) implementing noise abatement plans.

What's happening now August 23, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Schumer, Charles E.

New York · Aug 23, 2018

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3385: Quiet Communities Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3385/

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