US Congress House Bill 3384 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Quiet Communities Act of 2015 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control and reauthorizes the Office's activities through FY2020. The responsibilities of the Office must include: (1) promoting the development of effective state and local noise control programs, (2) carrying out a national noise control research program, (3) carrying out a national noise environmental assessment program, (4) establishing regional technical assistance centers to assist state and local noise control programs, (5) assessing the effectiveness of the Noise Control Act of 1972, and (6) conducting related outreach and educational activities. The Office must emphasize noise abatement approaches that rely on local and state activities, market incentives, and coordination with other agencies. Using funds made available to the Office, the EPA must carry out a study of airport noise. The bill amends the Noise Control Act of 1972 to expand the quiet communities grant program to include grants for establishing and implementing training programs on use of noise abatement equipment and implementing noise abatement plans.

Quiet Communities Act of 2015

Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2015-07-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2015-07-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2015-07-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2015-07-29	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2015-07-29	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-07-29	House	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.
2015-07-29	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3384/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3384/BILLS-114hr3384ih.pdf