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119-hr-6927119th CongressWALLET

Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act

Sponsored By: Representative Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would require regular federal review of noise criteria to keep standards current. It creates a statutory timetable and a process for revising or supplementing those criteria when the Administrator finds it necessary.

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  • EPA Administrator: Would have to review criteria published or revised under Section 5 not later than 2 years after enactment and not less frequently than every 10 years, and revise or supplement them if necessary.
  • Statutory edits: Strikes the words "criteria or" from subsection (c), inserts a new subsection (d) titled "Review, Revision, and Supplementation of Criteria", and redesignates the former subsection (d) as subsection (e) with a cross reference to the new subsection.
  • Timing and funding: Establishes a recurring review cadence and links revisions to that process. The summary notes no funding, tax, or programmatic appropriations are specified.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Noise rule reviews for communities, businesses

This bill would require the Administrator to review federal noise criteria within 2 years of enactment. Then reviews would happen at least every 10 years. If the Administrator finds changes are needed, they would have to update or supplement the criteria under subsection (d).

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]

NJ • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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