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116-hr-5112116th Congress

LEAVE Act

Sponsored By: Representative Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]

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Summary

Low-frequency Energetic Acoustics and Vibrations Exasperate Act or the LEAVE Act This bill establishes standards and remedies related to ground-based noise (GBN). Specifically, the bill permits one or more states to conduct studies of GBN from aircraft operations at an airport within a state, requires any study conducted to identify a baseline value of GBN above which an airport in the study is presumed to be permitting an excess of noise to a community within five miles of such airport, allows a state cause of action for GBN if a state has undertaken a study of GBN at an airport, and establishes that no federal statute is intended to preempt a cause of action against an airport in any state small claims or superior court when an action is brought for GBN in violation of state standards.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/14/2019

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 11/14/2019

  • Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 11/14/2019

  • Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 1/28/2020

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