Sponsor
Patty Murray
Senator · D-WA
Senator · D-WA
The bill restores and maintains FAA-funded home noise insulation at a few major airports, giving targeted relief to eligible homeowners and tools to local sponsors, while leaving many nearby residents ineligible and adding administrative and federal cost burdens.
Homeowners near qualifying large-hub airports can receive one-time federal support to repair or replace degraded FAA-funded noise insulation in their homes, restoring noise mitigation benefits.
City governments and airport sponsors can combine non-aeronautical revenue-funded secondary noise programs with federal aid to target and leverage resources for local sound-insulation repairs.
Property owners can request periodic FAA-authorized surveys to verify that installed noise treatments remain effective, improving long-term accountability and maintenance of mitigation measures.
Many homeowners will be ineligible for assistance because the program is limited to projects at up to four large-hub airports and requires strict location/noise/test criteria plus exhaustion of warranties, insurance, and legal remedies.
Taxpayers face increased federal spending obligations to fund repair and replacement projects at the covered airports, raising government outlays.
Airports, local governments, and applicants may face extra administrative burdens from audits, testing, and warranty/legal verification requirements, which can raise local costs and delay assistance.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a 120‑day FAA pilot allowing one‑time federal repair/replacement grants for previously FAA‑funded residential sound insulation at up to four large‑hub airports, subject to eligibility rules.
Official title: Authorize the establishment of pilot programs for sound insulation repair and replacement.
Introduced July 16, 2025 by Patty Murray · Last progress July 16, 2025
Provides a short law to allow limited federal funding to repair or replace previously FAA‑funded residential sound insulation at up to four large‑hub airports through a short pilot waiver program. The FAA must set up the pilot within 120 days to let qualifying residences that previously received federally funded insulation get one-time federal support for repair/replacement if they meet location, damage, noise‑level, and exhaustion-of-other-remedies conditions.