,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #eajg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,november #ad1 #bjai,ms4 ,speier 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 and ,mr4 ,raskin7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,transportation and ,infrastructure ,a ,,bill ,to amend title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 to establish a program at ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport for purposes of soundproofing residential buildings in surrounding communities4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,serious ,noise ,reduction ,efforts ,act of #bjai or the ,,snore ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,program for noise mitigation near ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport 7a7 ,residential noise mitigation near ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport ,section #dgejd of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#b7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,d7 by striking and at the end2 7,b7 in subparagraph 7,e7 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 and2 and 7,c7 by adding at the end the following3 7,f7 installing residential noise dampening windows1 residential noise insulation1 and other residential improvements to reduce or to mitigate the noise impacts of the operation of ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport4 2 7#b7 in subsection 7c77#b7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,e7 by striking and at the end2 7,b7 in subparagraph 7,f7 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 and2 and 7,c7 by adding at the end the following3 7,g7 for a program of residential noise mitigation and soundproofing for residential buildings near ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport4 2 and 7#c7 by adding at the end the following3 7f7 ,residential noise mitigation near ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport 7#a7 ,program requirements ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 the ,secretary shall approve1 and may incur obligations for1 a program submitted under subsection 7a7 that requires the expenditure of funds made available under section #dhajc for mitigation of aircraft noise less than #fe ,,dnl if-- 7,a7 such program is submitted and operated by ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport2 and 7,b7 in any #b consecutive or nonconsecutive months in a fiscal year1 a total of #aj or more measurements of #ge d,b,a or greater 7on a noise monitor operated or approved by ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport7 are taken within a single city or county between the hours of #aj p4m4 and #g a4m4 due to ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport operations1 including aircraft arriving or departing the airport4 7#b7 ,program contents ,the program described in paragraph 7#a7 shall propose to soundproof at least #bjj residential buildings per fiscal year4 ,residential buildings proposed for aircraft noise mitigation shall be within any noise-affected location and the noise mitigation may be performed on a residence whether or not it is within the #fe ,,dnl contour4 7#c7 ,funding 7,a7 ,eligible funds ,the ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport may use ,federal funds1 revenue from passenger facility charges authorized under section #djaag1 and other revenue generated by the airport to carry out activities under the program without regard to any restrictions on the use of such funds under sections #djagg and #dgacc4 7,b7 ,remittance of funds ,as a condition of approval of any ,federal grants awarded to ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport after fiscal year #bjba1 the ,airport shall agree that in any fiscal year in which a program is submitted by ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport under paragraph 7#a7 that does not propose noise mitigation of #bjj or more homes1 the ,airport shall remit to each noise-affected location an amount equal to #aj times the amount of funding provided to the noise-affected location under the ,community ,development ,block ,grant ,program under title ,i of the ,housing and ,community ,development ,act of #aigd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ecja et seq47 for the previous fiscal year4 7,c7 ,use of remitted funds ,an airport disbursing funds to a city or county under this program shall obtain written assurance from the city or county that the funds shall be expended for purposes of noise mitigation and that the funds shall be spent not later than #b fiscal years after the disbursement of funds to the city or county4 7#d7 ,definitions ,in this subsection3 7,a7 ,noise-affected location ,the term noise-affected location means any city or county in which ten or more measurements described in paragraph 7#a77;,b7 were taken during the previous fiscal year4 7,b7 ,noise mitigation ,the term noise mitigation means soundproofing and noise dampening1 including the installation of noise dampening windows1 residential noise insulation1 and other residential improvements that reduce the impact of noise4 7,c7 ,residential building ,the term residential building means a single family housing unit or a multifamily housing unit4 4 7b7 ,revenue diversion exception ,section #dgajg of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#c7 through 7#e7 as paragraphs 7#d7 through 7#f71 respectively2 and 7#b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#b7 the following3 7#c7 ,revenue diversion exception ,the use of revenue generated by ,san ,francisco ,international ,airport shall not be considered a diversion as set forth in this or any other section if such revenue is used for purposes of conducting a program of residential noise mitigation as described in section #dgejd7;f74 4