US Congress House Bill 3650 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on December 4 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-12-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Silent Skies Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to enter into a competitive cooperative agreement with an institution, entity, or consortium to carry out a program for the development of aircraft technology that will assist in-service and in-production civil turbojets not meeting stage 4 noise standards to comply with them or with more stringent noise standards. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to establish minimum standards to ensure that graduated percentages of civil turbojets weighing over 75,000 pounds comply with the stage 4 noise levels by specified dates. Requires the Secretary to request the International Civil Aviation Organization to add to its Work Programme the consideration of international standards for the phase-out of aircraft not complying with stage 4 noise levels. Declares that the requirements of this Act shall not apply to civil turbojet aircraft that operate outside of the 48 contiguous states.

Silent Skies Act of 2013

Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-12-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2013-12-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3650/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3650/BILLS-113hr3650ih.pdf