Quiet Communities Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5151 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5151 To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 4, 2025 Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Min, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Norton, Mr. Peters, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Levin, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Casten, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Chu, and Mr. Carbajal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Quiet Communities Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) approximately 28,000,000 individuals in the United States are afflicted with some hearing impairment, and it has been estimated that 10,000,000 of those impairments are at least partially attributable to damage from exposure to noise; (2) for millions of individuals in the United States, noise from aircraft, vehicular traffic, and a variety of other sources is a constant source of torment; (3) millions of individuals in the United States are exposed to noise levels that can lead to sleep loss, psychological and physiological damage, and work disruption; (4) chronic e