# 116-hr-5112: LEAVE Act

116-hr-5112, LEAVE Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5112
- Congress: 116
- Title: LEAVE Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Introduced: 2019-11-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2019-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2019-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2019-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5112 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5112)

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- [116-hr-8380: To obtain and direct the placement in the United States Capitol or on the Unite…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8380)
- [116-hr-8363: Protecting Our Democracy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8363)
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- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5112 (as of 2025-11-18).