119-HR-6927
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Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act
Congress 119Introduced December 23, 2025
Summary
**Overview**
This bill amends the Noise Control Act of 1972 to establish a mandatory timeline for reviewing and updating noise control criteria. The legislation aims to ensure regular assessment and potential revision of noise standards by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
**Key Provisions**
- •Requires the EPA Administrator to review noise criteria within two years of the bill's enactment
- •Mandates subsequent reviews at least once every 10 years thereafter
- •Allows the Administrator to revise or supplement noise criteria as determined necessary
**Impact**
The bill will create a structured process for ongoing evaluation of noise control standards, potentially leading to updated guidelines that better protect public health and environmental quality. Government agencies, environmental regulators, and industries dealing with noise-related regulations will need to adapt to these periodic reviews.
**Fiscal Note**
No specific funding mentioned for implementing the periodic noise criteria reviews.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6927 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 23, 2025
Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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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).''.
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AI Analysis
85
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