Washington, DC, Area Helicopter Noise Information Exchange Act

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall establish a mechanism to make helicopter noise complaint data accessible to the Federal Aviation Administration, to helicopter operators operating in the Washington, DC, area, and to the public on a website of the Administration, based on the recommendation of the Government Accountability Office in the report published on January 7, 2021, titled Aircraft Noise: Better Information Sharing Could Improve Responses to Washington, DC, Area Helicopter Noise Concerns.

Any helicopter operator operating in the Washington, DC, area shall provide helicopter noise complaint data to the Federal Aviation Administration through the mechanism established under subsection (a).

In this section:

The term helicopter noise complaint data —

(A) means general data relating to a complaint made by an individual about helicopter noise in the Washington, DC, area and may include—

(i) the location and description of the event that is the subject of the complaint;

(ii) the start and end time of such event;

(iii) a description of the aircraft that is the subject of the complaint; and

(iv) the airport name associated with such event; and

(B) does not include the personally identifiable information of the individual who submitted the complaint.

The term Washington, DC, area means the area inside of a 30-mile radius surrounding Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.