Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2025
Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2025 would require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to work with the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) to study the health effects of air traffic noise and pollution. Within 30 days of enactment, NAS must convene a committee of health and environmental science experts and produce an expert consensus report detailing current scientific knowledge on these health impacts. The report would then be transmitted to the FAA Administrator, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and four congressional committees (two in the House and two in the Senate). The bill does not authorize funding or mandate specific regulatory actions; rather, it aims to generate an authoritative, consensus-based assessment to inform federal policy and oversight.
Key Points
- 1The FAA must enter into arrangements with the NAS Health and Medicine Division to conduct the study.
- 2NAS must convene a committee of health and environmental science experts within 30 days after enactment to examine health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.
- 3NAS must issue an expert consensus report that outlines current scientific knowledge on these health impacts.
- 4The report must be transmitted to the FAA Administrator, the HHS Secretary, the EPA Administrator, and four congressional committees (House Transportation and Infrastructure, House Oversight and Government Reform, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs).
- 5The bill does not authorize funding or mandate specific regulatory actions; it authorizes a process to create an authoritative consensus report to inform policy and oversight.