,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #h1 #bjaf  
,mr4 ,duffy 7for himself and ,mr4 ,walz7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for  
the approval authority for ,national    
,guard flyovers1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,sound of ,freedom ,act4   
#b4 ,national ,guard flyovers of public 
events  7a7 ,statement of policy ,it    
shall be the policy of the ,department  
of ,defense that flyovers of public     
events in support of community relations
 activities may only be flown as part of
 an approved training mission at no     
additional expense to the ,federal      
,government4  7b7 ,national guard       
flyover approval process ,the ,adjutant 
,general of a ,state in which an ,army  
,national ,guard or ,air ,national      
,guard unit is based will be the        
approval authority for all ,air         

,national ,guard and ,army ,national    
,guard flyovers in that ,state1         
including any request for a flyover in  
any civilian domain at a nonaviation    
related event4  7c7 ,flyover record     
maintenance2 report  7#a7 ,record       
maintenance ,the ,secretary of ,defense 
shall keep and maintain records of      
flyover requests and approvals in a     
publicly accessible database that is    
updated annually4  7#b7 ,,gao report    
,not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to the ,committee  
on ,armed ,services of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,armed ,services of the ,senate a report
 on flyovers and the process whereby    
flyover requests are made and evaluated1
 including--  7,a7 whether there is any 
cost to taxpayers associated with       
flyovers2  7,b7 whether there is any    
appreciable public relations or         
recruitment value that comes from       

flyovers2 and  7,c7 the impact flyovers 
have to aviator training and readiness4 
7d7 ,flyover defined ,in this section1  
the term flyover means aviation         
support--  7#a7 in which a straight and 
level flight limited to one pass by a   
single military aircraft1 or by a single
 formation of four or fewer military    
aircraft of the same type1 from the same
 military department over a             
predetermined point on the ground at a  
specific time2  7#b7 that does not      
involve aerobatics or demonstrations2   
and  7#c7 uses bank angles of up to #ij 
degrees if required to improve the      
spectator visibility of the aircraft4