[Laws in effect as of January 16, 1996]
[Document affected by Public Law 104-287 Section 5(86)]
[CITE: 49USC47509]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS

 
                  PART B--AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE

 
                           CHAPTER 475--NOISE

 
                      SUBCHAPTER I--NOISE ABATEMENT

 
Sec. 47509. Research program on quiet aircraft technology for 

        propeller and rotor driven aircraft

        

    (a) Establishment.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration shall conduct a study to identify technologies for 

noise reduction of propeller driven aircraft and rotorcraft.

    (b) Goal.--The goal of the study conducted under subsection (a) is 

to determine the status of research and development now underway in the 

area of quiet technology for propeller driven aircraft and rotorcraft, 

including technology that is cost beneficial, and to determine whether a 

research program to supplement existing research activities is 

necessary.

    (c) Participation.--In conducting the study required under 

subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 

and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration shall encourage the participation of the Department of 

Defense, the Department of the Interior, the airtour industry, the 

aviation industry, academia and other appropriate groups.

    (d) Report.--Not less than 280 days after the date of the enactment 

of this section, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration shall transmit to Congress a report on the results 

of the study required under subsection (a).

    (e) Research and Development Program.--If the Administrator of the 

Federal Aviation Administration and the Administrator of the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration determine that additional research 

and development is necessary and would substantially contribute to the 

development of quiet aircraft technology, then the agencies shall 

conduct an appropriate research program in consultation with the 

entities listed in subsection (c) to develop safe, effective, and 

economical noise reduction technology (including technology that can be 

applied to existing propeller driven aircraft and rotorcraft) that would 

result in aircraft that operate at substantially reduced levels of noise 

to reduce the impact of such aircraft and rotorcraft on the resources of 

national parks and other areas.



(Added Pub. L. 103-305, title III, Sec. 308(a), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 

1593.)



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    The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. 

(d), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 103-305, which was approved 

Aug. 23, 1994.


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