,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eajf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1       
#bjai,ms4 ,speier 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,case1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1  
,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4      
,rouda1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4  
,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4
 ,smith of ,washington1 and ,mr4        
,sherman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend title #di1 ,united   
,states ,code1 to allow airports to     
impose an access restriction for certain
 hours1 to assess certain penalties     
against air carriers or aircraft        
operators1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,restore ,everyone's ,sleep ,tonight
 ,act of #bjai or the ,,rest ,act of    
#bjai4  #b4 ,airport access restriction 
7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law and except as    
provided in subsection 7b71 an airport  

may impose an access restriction between
 the hours of #aj p4m4 and #g a4m4 for  
aircrafts4  7b7 ,accommodations for     
certain flights  7#a7 ,types of flights 
,in imposing an access restriction under
 subsection 7a71 an airport shall       
permit1 within the hours of such access 
restriction1 the operation of military1 
law enforcement1 and ,coast ,guard      
flights4  7#b7 ,exceptional             
circumstances ,in imposing an access    
restriction under subsection 7a71 an    
airport may not prohibit access for--   
7,a7 a flight that is scheduled to      
arrive or depart during hours not       
covered by the access restriction       
imposed under subsection 7a7 and which  
arrives or departs during such access   
restriction due solely to weather or the
 safe operation of the aircraft1        
including compliance with any           
safety-related requirements2  7,b7      
emergency flights2  7,c7 flights to     
evacuate natural disasters2 and  7,d7   
flights for the purpose of the          

preservation of life1 health1 or safety4
  7c7 ,penalties  7#a7 ,in general ,an  
airport may impose a noise deterrence   
penalty on an air carrier or aircraft   
operator for a violation of the access  
restriction imposed under subsection    
7a74  7#b7 ,amount of penalty ,an       
airport applying penalties under this   
subsection shall set a base level for a 
noise deterrence penalty under paragraph
 7#a7 at an amount sufficient to deter  
future violations of the access         
restriction imposed under subsection    
7a74  7#c7 ,increase in penalty ,the    
airport applying penalties under this   
subsection may increase a penalty for a 
violation of the access restriction     
imposed under subsection 7a7 above the  
base amount set under paragraph 7#b7 if 
an aircraft takeoff or landing resulted 
in noise to residents of any unit of    
local government exceeding #hj d,b,a1 as
 evidenced by a noise monitoring device 
recognized as authoritative by the      
airport4  7#d7 ,considerations for a    

penalty increase ,in determining whether
 to increase the penalty above the base 
amount set under paragraph 7#b71 an     
airport may consider the following3     
7,a7 ,the certified noise level and     
engine model of the aircraft4  7,b7 ,the
 time of violation4  7,c7 ,repeat       
violations by the air carrier or        
aircraft operator4  7,d7 ,any other     
criteria that the airport determines    
reflects the noise impacts to residents 
of the unit of local government impacted
 by the violation of subsection 7a74    
7#e7 ,use of penalty  7,a7 ,in general  
,except as provided in subparagraph     
7,c71 penalties collected for a         
violation of the access restriction     
imposed under subsection 7a7 shall be   
remitted to the unit of local government
 that experienced the impact of the     
noise deterrence violation4  7,b7       
,multiple units of local government ,if 
multiple units of local government are  
impacted by a violation of the access   
restriction imposed under subsection    

7a71 an airport shall remit the penalty 
to the jurisdictions impacted in equal  
parts4  7,c7 ,administrative costs ,an  
airport may deduct reasonable costs of  
administering a noise deterrence penalty
 from a penalty collected under this    
paragraph before remitting the penalty  
under subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b74  7d7 
,limitation ,with respect to any action 
taken in carrying out this section1 the 
airport is not required to seek the     
approval or comment of the ,federal     
,aviation ,administration or the        
,secretary of ,transportation1 any air  
carrier or aircraft operator or any     
other entity4  7e7 ,definition of       
weather ,in this section1 the term      
weather is defined as the state of the  
atmosphere at a location or along a     
route over the short-term4  7f7         
,definition of access restriction ,for  
purposes of this ,act1 an access        
restriction is a prohibition on the     
landing or takeoff of aircraft4