Sec. 481. Recommendations on reducing rotorcraft noise in District of Columbia
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on reducing rotorcraft noise in the District of Columbia. The study conducted under subsection
(a)shall consider— the extent to which military operators consider operating over unpopulated areas outside of the District of Columbia for training missions; the extent to which vehicles or aircraft other than conventional rotorcraft (such as unmanned aircraft) could be used for emergency and law enforcement response; and the extent to which relevant operators and entities have assessed and addressed, as appropriate, the noise impacts of various factors of operating rotorcraft, including, at a minimum— altitude; the number of flights; flight paths; time of day of flights; types of aircraft; operating procedures; and pilot training. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall brief the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on preliminary observations with a report to follow at a date agreed upon at the time of the briefing containing— the contents of the study conducted under subsection (a); and any recommendations for the reduction of rotorcraft noise in the District of Columbia. In this section, the term relevant operators and entities means— the Chief of Police of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia; any medical rotorcraft operator that routinely flies a rotorcraft over the District of Columbia; and any other operator that routinely flies a rotorcraft over the District of Columbia.