,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #babj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjac ,mr4 
,schiff 7for himself and ,mr4 ,sherman7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to allow mandatory nighttime   
curfews at certain airports1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,valley-,wide  
,noise ,relief ,act of #bjac4  #b4      
,mandatory nighttime curfews  7a7 ,in   
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 including any written 
assurances under section #dgajg of title
 #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 an airport 
sponsor may not be prohibited from1 or  
interfered with1 implementing any of the
 following3  7#a7 ,a total mandatory    
nighttime curfew for an airport of the  
sponsor that is described in paragraph  
7#a7 of subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,a partial
 mandatory nighttime curfew for an      
airport of the sponsor that is described

 in paragraph 7#b7 of subsection 7b74   
7b7 ,covered airports  7#a7 ,paragraph  
7#a7 airports ,an airport described in  
this paragraph is an airport that--     
7,a7 had a voluntary curfew in effect   
for certain aircraft on ,november #e1   
#aiij2 and  7,b7 was created by an      
intergovernmental agreement established 
pursuant to a ,state statute enacted    
before ,november #e1 #aiij1 that1 along 
with the statute1 imposes obligations   
with respect to noise mitigation4  7#b7 
,paragraph 7#b7 airports ,an airport    
described in this paragraph is an       
airport that--  7,a7 had a partial      
curfew in effect prior to ,november #e1 
#aiij2  7,b7 operates under the         
supervision of a board of airport       
commissioners that1 on ,january #a1     
#bjaj1 oversaw operation of #c or more  
airports1 at least #b of which have     
airport operating certificates pursuant 
to part #aci of title #ad1 ,code of     
,federal ,regulations2 and  7,c7 on     
,january #a1 #bjaj1 failed to comply    

with a cumulative noise standard        
established by a ,state law for airports
 in that ,state4  7c7 ,notice           
requirements  7#a7 ,in general ,at least
 #ij days before implementing a curfew  
under subsection 7a71 an airport sponsor
 shall provide to airport users and     
other interested parties reasonable     
notice of--  7,a7 the terms of the      
curfew2 and  7,b7 the penalties for     
violating the curfew4  7#b7 ,reasonable 
notice ,an airport sponsor shall be     
treated as satisfying the requirement of
 providing reasonable notice under      
paragraph 7#a7 if the sponsor--  7,a7   
includes the terms of the curfew and    
penalties for violating the curfew on   
the ,internet ,web site of the sponsor  
for the applicable airport2 and  7,b7   
provides the terms of the curfew and    
penalties for violating the curfew to   
tenants of the sponsor who operate      
aircraft at the airport1 either at their
 leasehold or the address provided to   
the airport sponsor for the receipt of  

notices under their lease4  7d7         
,definitions ,in this section1 the      
following definitions apply3  7#a7      
,total mandatory nighttime curfew ,the  
term total mandatory nighttime curfew   
means a prohibition on all aircraft     
operations at an airport each night     
during the #i-;hour period beginning at 
#aj p4m4  7#b7 ,partial mandatory       
nighttime curfew ,the term partial      
mandatory nighttime curfew means a      
prohibition on certain aircraft         
operations at an airport each night for 
not longer than the #i-;hour period     
beginning at #aj p4m4