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On the recordMarch 31, 2011
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 256, after line 9, insert the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 814. MANDATORY NIGHTTIME CURFEWS. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any written assurances under section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, an airport sponsor may not be prohibited from, or interfered with, implementing any of the following: (1) A total mandatory nighttime curfew for an airport of the sponsor that is described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b). (2) A partial mandatory nighttime curfew for an airport of the sponsor that is described in paragraph (2) of subsection (b). (b) Covered Airports.-- (1) Paragraph (1) airports.--An airport described in this paragraph is an airport that-- (A) had a voluntary curfew in effect for certain aircraft on November 5, 1990; and (B) was created by an intergovernmental agreement established pursuant to a State statute enacted before November 5, 1990, that, along with the statute, imposes obligations with respect to noise mitigation.…
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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Mar 31, 2011

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