Sec. 790. RECOMMENDATIONS ON REDUCING ROTORCRAFT NOISE IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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## SEC. 790 RECOMMENDATIONS ON REDUCING ROTORCRAFT NOISE IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ###

(a)Study The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on reducing rotorcraft noise in the District of Columbia. ###

(b)Contents In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall consider— ####

(1)the extent to which military operators consider operating over unpopulated areas outside of the District of Columbia for training missions; ####

(2)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 ####

(3)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— #####

(A)altitude; #####

(B)the number of flights; #####

(C)flight paths; #####

(D)time of day of flights; #####

(E)types of aircraft; #####

(F)operating procedures; and #####

(G)pilot training. ###

(c)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress on preliminary observations, with a report to follow at a date agreed upon at the time of the briefing, containing— ####

(1)the contents of the study conducted under subsection (a); and ####

(2)any recommendations for the reduction of rotorcraft noise in the District of Columbia. ###

(d)Relevant Operators and Entities Defined In this section, the term “relevant operators and entities” means— ####

(1)the Chief of Police of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia; ####

(2)any medical rotorcraft operator that routinely flies a rotorcraft over the District of Columbia; and ####

(3)any other operator that routinely flies a rotorcraft over the District of Columbia.