Amends federal transportation law to allow a passenger facility fee imposed at a large hub airport (that is subject to an amended judgment and final order in condemnation filed on January 7, 1980, by the Superior Court of the State of California for the county of Los Angeles) to be used as an eligible project cost to carry out noise mitigation for certain school buildings in the noise impacted area surrounding the airport if: (1) the buildings are adversely affected by airport noise; and (2) certain other requirements are met.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 6285 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6285
To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand passenger facility fee
eligibility for noise compatibility projects.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 29, 2006
Ms. Harman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand passenger facility fee
eligibility for noise compatibility projects.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANDED PASSENGER FACILITY FEE ELIGIBILITY FOR NOISE
COMPATIBILITY PROJECTS.
Section 40117(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(7) Noise mitigation for certain schools.--
``(A) In general.--In addition to the uses
specified in paragraphs (1), (4), and (6), the
Secretary may authorize a passenger facility fee
imposed under paragraph (1) or (4) at a large hub
airport (as defined in section 47102) that is the
subject of an amended judgment and final order in
condemnation filed on January 7, 1980, by the Superior
Court of the State of California for the county of Los
Angeles, to be used for a project to carry out noise
mitigation for a building, or for the replacement of a
relocatable building with a permanent building, in the
noise impacted area surrounding the airport where such
building is used primarily for educational purposes,
notwithstanding the air easement granted or any terms
to the contrary in such judgment and final order, if--
``(i) the Secretary determines the building
is adversely affected by airport noise;
``(ii) the building is owned or chartered
by the school district that was the plaintiff
in Case No. 986,442 or Case No. 986,446 that
was resolved by such judgment and final order;
``(iii) the project is for a school
identified in the settlement agreements
effective February 16, 2005, between the
airport and the school districts;
``(iv) in the case of a project to replace
a relocatable building with a permanent
building, the eligible project costs are
limited to the actual structural construction
costs necessary to mitigate aircraft noise in
instructional classrooms to an interior noise
level meeting current standards of the Federal
Aviation Administration; and
``(v) the project otherwise meets the
requirements of this section for authorization
of a passenger facility fee.
``(B) Eligible project costs.--In subparagraph
(A)(iv), the term `eligible project costs' means the
difference between the cost of standard school
construction and the cost of construction necessary to
mitigate classroom noise to the standards of the
Federal Aviation Administration.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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