March 28, 1972
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SENATE RESOLUTION 288 – SUBMISSION OF A RESOLUTION RELATING TO MINIMUM AIRCRAFT NOISE LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
(Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.)
Mr. CRANSTON, for himself, Mr. MUSKIE, and Mr. PELL, submitted the following resolution:
S. RES. 288
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that, at the preliminary meetings of the International Civil Aviation Organization Convention on Aeronautical Noise, to be held in Canada in March and August, 1972, and with respect to any agreement resulting from such meetings, it should be the position of the United States that any aircraft used in international flights and exceeding aircraft engine noise levels prescribed in Annex 16 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation should be retrofitted or modified to reduce aircraft engine noise so as not to exceed such levels.
SENATE RESOLUTION 289 – SUBMISSION OF A RESOLUTION RELATING TO SONIC BOOMS OF SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT
(Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.)
Mr. CRANSTON, for himself, Mr. MUSKIE, and Mr. PELL, submitted the following resolution:
S. RES. 289
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that any treaty or agreement entered into by the United States, to permit or approve the conditions under which supersonic aircraft used in international flights may land in the United States, should require that such aircraft be flown in a manner so that no sonic booms occur over the United States, its territories, or possessions, or within 8 miles of any coast of the United States, its territories, or possessions.