{"data":{"id":"us/49-u.s.c.-47521","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 U.S.C. § 47521","heading":"Findings","body":"Congress finds that—(1) aviation noise management is crucial to the continued increase in airport capacity; (2) community noise concerns have led to uncoordinated and inconsistent restrictions on aviation that could impede the national air transportation system; (3) a noise policy must be carried out at the national level; (4) local interest in aviation noise management shall be considered in determining the national interest; (5) community concerns can be alleviated through the use of new technology aircraft and the use of revenues, including those available from passenger facility charges, for noise management; (6) revenues controlled by the United States Government can help resolve noise problems and carry with them a responsibility to the national airport system; (7) revenues derived from a passenger facility charge may be applied to noise management and increased airport capacity; and (8) a precondition to the establishment and collection of a passenger facility charge is the prescribing by the Secretary of Transportation of a regulation establishing procedures for reviewing airport noise and access restrictions on operations of stage 2 and stage 3 aircraft.","path":["Title 49—TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 475—NOISE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc49@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:01:06Z","sha256":"c4e4fb6c1cb88113a54484b49c380f60238946a7d7e43df5a0acecac51ebcbbc","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-u.s.c.-47511","next":"us/49-u.s.c.-47522"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}