
Residents in and around Washington, D.C., have complained that frequent helicopter flybys interrupt their sleep, shake their homes and drown out conversations, prompting the House of Representatives to address the issue of aircraft noise in two separate pieces of legislation. Last month, the House passed H.R. 3673, the body's version of a fiscal 2020 funding bill for the Department of Transportation. In the House report on the bill, lawmakers urged the FAA "to respond fully and completely to the requirements in…