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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1089

To terminate the effectiveness of certain amendments to the foreign repair

station rules of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 30, 1997

Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. FORD, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. HARKIN, Mr.

INOUYE, Mr. INHOFE, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. ROCKEFELLER,

Mr. BRYAN, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following bill; which was

read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation

A BILL

To terminate the effectiveness of certain amendments to

the foreign repair station rules of the Federal Aviation

Administration, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aircraft Repair Station

5 Safety Act of 1997’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN REPAIR STA2 TION RULES.

3 The amendments published by the Federal Aviation

4 Administration on November 22, 1988 (53 Fed. Reg.

5 47375 and 47376), to parts 135 and 145 of title 14, Code

6 of Federal Regulations, shall not be effective after the date

7 of the enactment of this Act.

8 SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS.

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—

10 (1) DOMESTIC REPAIR STATION OR SHOP.—The

11 term ‘‘domestic repair station or shop’’ means a re12 pair station or shop that—

13 (A) is described in section 44707(a)(2) of

14 title 49, United States Code; and

15 (B) is located in the United States.

16 (2) FOREIGN REPAIR STATION OR SHOP.—The

17 term ‘‘foreign repair station or shop’’ means a repair

18 station or shop that—

19 (A) is described in section 44707(a)(2) of

20 title 49, United States Code; and

21 (B) is located outside of the United States.

22 (b) APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS.—All standards

23 set forth in regulations issued by the Federal Aviation Ad24 ministration that apply to a domestic repair station or

25 shop and the personnel employed by a domestic repair sta26 tion or shop shall apply to a foreign repair station or shop
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1 and the personnel employed by a foreign repair station or

2 shop in the same manner, and to the same extent, as those

3 standards apply to a domestic repair station or shop and

4 the personnel employed by a domestic repair station or

5 shop.

6 SEC. 4. REVOCATION OF REPAIR STATION CERTIFICATES

7 FOR USE OF UNCERTIFIED OR SUBSTANDARD

8 PARTS.

9 Section 44707 of title 49, United States Code, is

10 amended—

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before

12 ‘‘The Administrator’’; and

13 (2) by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘(b) REVOCATION OF REPAIR STATION CERTIFI15 CATES FOR USE OF UNCERTIFIED OR SUBSTANDARD

16 PARTS.—

17 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, with re18 spect to a part described in paragraph (2)—

19 ‘‘(A) the term ‘substandard’ shall have the

20 meaning given that term by the Administrator;

21 and

22 ‘‘(B) the term ‘uncertified’ means that the

23 part does not conform to the requirements of

24 an applicable certificate issued under section

25 44702.
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1 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall

2 issue an order revoking an air agency certificate is3 sued under section 44702 for a repair station or

4 shop described in subsection (a)(2) if the Adminis5 trator finds that the owner or any member of the

6 personnel of the station or shop knowingly, in the

7 repair or overhaul of an aircraft, used an uncertified

8 or substandard—

9 ‘‘(A) airframe, engine, propeller, or appli10 ance; or

11 ‘‘(B) other part.’’.

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