SOUNDPROOFING AND ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES.

SEC. 119. SOUNDPROOFING AND ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES. Section 47504(c) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: “(2) Soundproofing and acquisition of certain residential buildings and properties.— The Secretary may incur obligations to make grants from amounts made available under section 48103 of this title— “(A) for projects to soundproof residential buildings— “(i) if the airport operator received approval for a grant for a project to soundproof residential buildings pursuant to section 301(d)(4)(B) of the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987; “(ii) if the airport operator submits updated noise exposure contours, as required by the Secretary; and “(iii) if the Secretary determines that the proposed projects are compatible with the purposes of this chapter; and “(B) to an airport operator and unit of local government referred to in paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) of this subsection to soundproof residential buildings located on residential properties, and to acquire residential properties, at which noise levels are not compatible with normal operations of an airport— “(i) if the airport operator amended an existing local aircraft noise regulation during calendar year 1993 to increase the maximum permitted noise levels for scheduled air carrier aircraft as a direct result of implementation of revised aircraft noise departure108 STAT. 1581 procedures mandated for aircraft safety purposes by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration for standardized application at airports served by scheduled air carriers; “(ii) if the airport operator submits updated noise exposure contours, as required by the Secretary; and “(iii) if the Secretary determines that the proposed projects are compatible with the purposes of this chapter.”; and (3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking “paragraph (1) of.”