H.R. 6927

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6927 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6927 To amend the Noise Control Act of 1972 to establish a deadline for revising or supplementing noise criteria. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 23, 2025 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Noise Control Act of 1972 to establish a deadline for revising or supplementing noise criteria. 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 ``Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act''. SEC. 2. REVISION OR SUPPLEMENTATION OF CRITERIA RELATED TO NOISE. Section 5 of the Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 4904) is amended-- (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``criteria or''; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: ``(d) Review, Revision, and Supplementation of Criteria.--Not later than the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of the Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act, and not less frequently than once every 10 years thereafter, the Administrator shall review the criteria published or revised under this section to determine whether it is necessary to revise or supplement such criteria. If the Administrator determines it is necessary to revise or supplement such criteria, the Administrator shall make such revision or supplementation in accordance with subsection (d).''. <all>