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<title>Silent Skies Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-12-04</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Declares that the requirements of this Act shall not apply to civil turbojet aircraft that operate outside of the 48 contiguous states.</p>]]></summary-text>
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