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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4374 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to disclose 

information on aircraft maintenance, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 

Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mr. CISNEROS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to disclose information on aircraft maintenance, 

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 Maintenance 

5 Outsourcing Disclosure Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON AIR7 CRAFT MAINTENANCE. 

8 Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 44741. Disclosure of information on recent aircraft 

2 maintenance 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 1 

4 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad5 ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 

6 require an air carrier providing scheduled passenger or 

7 cargo air transportation to disclose publicly the aircraft 

8 maintenance practices of the air carrier, as described in 

9 this section. 

10 ‘‘(b) INFORMATION ON PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An air carrier providing 

12 scheduled air transportation to passengers shall pro13 vide, in the manners described in paragraph (2)— 

14 ‘‘(A) the specific location where the air15 craft providing scheduled air transportation 

16 most recently underwent heavy maintenance; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) the date of such maintenance. 

19 ‘‘(2) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—The infor20 mation described in paragraph (1) shall be promi21 nently displayed in clear and plain language and in 

22 an easily readable font size on, to the greatest extent 

23 practicable, tickets or electronic passenger boarding 

24 documents. 

25 ‘‘(3) FLEET MAINTENANCE FOR SCHEDULED

26 FLIGHTS.—An air carrier providing scheduled air 


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1 transportation to passengers shall disclose the per2 centage of airframes in the fleet of the air carrier 

3 typically assigned to each specific route that are 

4 maintained in the United States and the percentage 

5 of such airframes maintained abroad, including the 

6 3 most common countries in which such airframes 

7 are maintained abroad, listed by workhours. Such 

8 information shall be— 

9 ‘‘(A) made available, to the greatest extent 

10 practicable, on— 

11 ‘‘(i) the air carrier’s publicly acces12 sible website accompanying each scheduled 

13 flight; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the air carrier’s publicly acces15 sible website at the point of ticket pur16 chase; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) the electronic confirmation of a 

18 ticket purchase sent by the air carrier or 

19 ticket agent; 

20 ‘‘(B) communicated clearly prior to the 

21 point of ticket purchase on the air carrier tele22 phone reservation system, upon request by the 

23 passenger and to the greatest extent prac24 ticable; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) communicated clearly to an individual 

2 purchasing a ticket by an airline representative 

3 at a ticket counter, upon request by the pas4 senger and to the greatest extent practicable. 

5 ‘‘(c) GENERAL DISCLOSURE OF HEAVY MAINTE6 NANCE FOR ENTIRE FLEET.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An air carrier providing 

8 scheduled passenger or cargo air transportation shall 

9 display on the publicly accessible website of the air 

10 carrier a list of— 

11 ‘‘(A) all of the specific locations where air12 craft in its fleet have undergone heavy mainte13 nance in the past 3 years, listed by total 

14 workhours; and 

15 ‘‘(B) all of the specific locations where 

16 heavy maintenance is carried out for the air 

17 carrier under an existing contract. 

18 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION.—The 

19 information described in paragraph (1) shall be— 

20 ‘‘(A) prominently displayed in clear and 

21 plain language and in an easily readable font 

22 size; and 

23 ‘‘(B) updated regularly and appropriately. 

24 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of this section, and annually 

3 thereafter, each air carrier shall submit to the Ad4 ministrator (by uploading such information to the 

5 online repository established under paragraph (2)) a 

6 report containing— 

7 ‘‘(A) a minimum of 1 year of maintenance 

8 history, including line maintenance, for each 

9 aircraft that has operated in scheduled pas10 senger or cargo air transportation during the 

11 previous year; 

12 ‘‘(B) the percentage and total number of 

13 mechanics carrying out maintenance on aircraft 

14 for the air carrier during the previous year who 

15 are employees and who are not employees of the 

16 air carrier; 

17 ‘‘(C) the percentage and total number of 

18 mechanics certified by the Federal Aviation Ad19 ministration carrying out maintenance on air20 craft for the air carrier during the previous 

21 year who are based and who are not based in 

22 the United States; 

23 ‘‘(D) the percentage and total number of 

24 mechanics, regardless of certification, carrying 

25 out maintenance on aircraft for the air carrier 


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1 during the previous year who are based and 

2 who are not based in the United States; 

3 ‘‘(E) the percentage and total number of 

4 mechanics carrying out maintenance on aircraft 

5 for the air carrier during the previous year who 

6 are certified and who are not certified by the 

7 Federal Aviation Administration; and 

8 ‘‘(F) other information provided by the air 

9 carrier regarding maintenance, safety, and the 

10 aircraft fleet of the carrier that is of interest to 

11 the traveling public, as determined appropriate 

12 by the Administrator. 

13 ‘‘(2) REPORT DISCLOSURE.—The Administrator 

14 shall establish an online repository for information 

15 submitted under paragraph (1) that— 

16 ‘‘(A) allows an air carrier to electronically 

17 upload the data required to be submitted under 

18 paragraph (1); and 

19 ‘‘(B) makes the data submitted by an air 

20 carrier publicly accessible on the website of the 

21 Federal Aviation Administration. 

22 ‘‘(e) HEAVY MAINTENANCE DEFINED.—In this sec23 tion, the term ‘heavy maintenance’ has the meaning given 

24 the term in section 44733(g).’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) SECTION 44737.—Chapter 447 of title 49, United 

3 States Code, is amending by redesignating the second sec4 tion 44737 (as added by section 581 of the FAA Reau5 thorization Act of 2018) as section 44740. 

6 (b) ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 447 of title 

7 49, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) by striking the item relating to the second 

9 section 44737 (as added by section 581 of the FAA 

10 Reauthorization Act of 2018); and 

11 (2) by inserting after section 44739 the fol12 lowing: 

‘‘44740. Special rule for certain aircraft operations. 

‘‘44741. Disclosure of information on recent aircraft maintenance.’’. 

13 (c) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN AIRCRAFT OPER14 ATIONS.—Section 44740 of title 49, United States Code, 

15 (as redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended— 

16 (1) in the heading, by striking the period at the 

17 end; 

18 (2) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘chapter’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘section’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ the 

21 second place it appears; and 

22 (4) in subsection (c)(2) by adding a period at 

23 the end. 

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