49 U.S.C. § 47521
Section 47521 · Findings
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case City of Atlanta v. Watson (1996)
Most recently applied in Friends of the East Hampton Airport, Inc. v. Town of East Hampton (November 2016)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Congress finds that—
(1) aviation noise management is crucial to the continued increase in airport capacity;
(2) community noise concerns have led to uncoordinated and inconsistent restrictions on aviation that could impede the national air transportation system;
(3) a noise policy must be carried out at the national level;
(4) local interest in aviation noise management shall be considered in determining the national interest;
(5) community concerns can be alleviated through the use of new technology aircraft and the use of revenues, including those available from passenger facility charges, for noise management;
(6) revenues controlled by the United States Government can help resolve noise problems and carry with them a responsibility to the national airport system;
(7) revenues derived from a passenger facility charge may be applied to noise management and increased airport capacity; and
(8) a precondition to the establishment and collection of a passenger facility charge is the prescribing by the Secretary of Transportation of a regulation establishing procedures for reviewing airport noise and access restrictions on operations of stage 2 and stage 3 aircraft.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
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Amendments
2012—Par. (5). Pub. L. 112–95, §111(c)(2)(B), substituted “charges” for “fees”.
Pars. (7), (8). Pub. L. 112–95, §111(c)(2)(A)(vi), substituted “charge” for “fee”.