,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hehi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ac1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,rouda 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,norton1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4        
,cisneros1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of           
,california1 and ,mr4 ,raskin7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,transportation to provide vouchers to  
air carriers to purchase more           
fuel-efficient and quieter aircraft1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,aviation
 ,industry ,assistance for ,cleaner and 
,quieter ,skies ,act4  #b4 ,aviation    
industry assistance for cleaner and     
quieter skies voucher program  7a7      
,establishment ,the ,secretary shall    
establish and carry out a program1 to be
 known as the ,aviation ,industry       
,assistance for ,cleaner and ,quieter   
,skies ,voucher ,program1 under which   

the ,secretary shall issue electronic   
vouchers to air carriers1 subject to the
 specifications set forth in subsection 
7d71 to offset the purchase or cost of a
 lease of eligible new aircraft in      
exchange for commitments from such air  
carriers to decommission certain        
currently used aircraft and sell such   
aircraft for recycling of parts or      
disposal4  7b7 ,application ,to be      
eligible for the program established    
under subsection 7a71 an air carrier    
shall submit to the ,secretary an       
application at such time1 in such       
manner1 and containing such information 
as the ,secretary may require1 including
 a description of a currently used      
aircraft of the air carrier4  7c7       
,program requirements  7#a7 ,list of    
eligible aircraft ,in carrying out the  
program established under subsection    
7a71 the ,secretary1 in consultation    
with the ,administrator1 shall prepare1 
maintain1 publicize1 and make available 
through a publicly available website1   

lists of-- 7,a7 applicable currently    
used aircraft2  7,b7 eligible aircraft  
for purchase or lease2 and  7,c7        
registered aircraft recycling firms     
eligible to purchase currently used     
aircraft under this section4  7#b7      
,commitment requirement ,in carrying out
 the program established under          
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
issue such regulations as are necessary 
to establish requirements for an air    
carrier to purchase or lease an eligible
 aircraft described in subsection 7a71  
including a timing requirement for the  
purchase of such1 and decommissioning   
and selling of applicable currently used
 aircraft of the air carrier for        
recycling of parts or disposal1 except  
as provided in subsection 7f77#b74  7d7 
,value of vouchers ,the ,secretary may  
determine the value of each voucher1 not
 to exceed #aj1jjj1jjj1 based on the    
difference in emissions between the     
currently used aircraft being           
decommissioned and sold and the eligible

 aircraft being purchased or leased4 ,in
 determining the value of each voucher1 
the ,secretary shall also consider if   
such eligible aircraft also include     
noise reduction1 including whether such 
aircraft meet ,stage #e standards4 ,in  
addition1 the ,secretary shall consider 
seat capacity and typical stage length  
of both the currently used aircraft     
being decommissioned and sold and the   
eligible aircraft being purchased or    
leased in determining the value of the  
voucher4  7e7 ,regulations ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall issue such regulations as are     
necessary to carry out this section1    
including a requirement that a voucher  
may be used only to pay a new aircraft  
order1 not an order placed 7even if not 
filled7 before the date of enactment of 
this ,act4  7f7 ,registration  7#a7 ,in 
general ,the ,secretary shall register  
aircraft recycling firms eligible to    
purchase currently used aircraft under  

this section and establish requirements 
and procedures for the recycling of     
parts or disposal of such aircraft to   
ensure that such aircraft are taken out 
of service and not used to develop other
 aircraft with higher greenhouse gas    
emissions4  7#b7 ,exception             
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a71 in the 
case of an emergency declared by the    
,secretary or a national emergency      
declared by the ,president1 the         
,secretary may temporarily waive the    
provisions of such paragraph that       
prevent the use of aircraft taken out of
 service pursuant to this section for   
the purposes of responding to such      
emergency or national emergency4  7g7   
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to carry out the program  
established under this section          
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj and such sums shall      
remain available until expended4  7h7   
,definitions ,in this section the       
following definitions apply3 7#a7       
,administrator ,the term ,administrator 

means the ,administrator of the         
,environmental ,protection ,agency4     
7#b7 ,air carrier ,the term air carrier 
has the meaning given such term in      
section #djajb of title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,currently used    
aircraft ,the term currently used       
aircraft means-- 7,a7 aircraft in the   
bottom #be percent of the air carrier's 
aircraft fleet in terms of fuel         
efficiency per seat2 and  7,b7 aircraft 
that have been in service for at least  
#a1ejj hours in the previous calendar   
year4  7#d7 ,eligible aircraft ,the term
 eligible aircraft means aircraft that  
must be new and considered by the       
,secretary highly fuel-efficient with   
some consideration given to their noise 
impact4  7#e7 ,secretary ,the term      
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,transportation4