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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1716 

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

provide reports with respect to maintenance, preventive maintenance, 

or alterations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2023 

Mr. MOLINARO (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. BACON, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mrs. 

CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. 

LEE of California, Ms. TITUS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. GARCI ́A of 

Illinois, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. SMITH of New 

Jersey, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. JACKSON

LEE, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CARL, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, and Ms. CRAIG) 

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 certain 

air carriers to provide reports with respect to maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations, 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 ‘‘Global Aircraft Main5 tenance Safety Improvement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) the safety of the global aviation system re4 quires the highest standards for aircraft mainte5 nance, repair, and overhaul work; 

6 (2) the safety of aircraft operated by United 

7 States air carriers should not be dependent on the 

8 location where maintenance, repair, and overhaul 

9 work is performed; and 

10 (3) the Federal Aviation Administration must 

11 fully enforce, in a manner consistent with United 

12 States obligations under international agreements, 

13 Federal Aviation Administration standards for main14 tenance, repair, and overhaul work at every facility, 

15 whether in the United States or abroad, where such 

16 work is performed on aircraft operated by United 

17 States air carriers. 

18 SEC. 3. FAA OVERSIGHT OF REPAIR STATIONS LOCATED 

19 OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44733 of title 49, United 

21 States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) in the heading by striking ‘‘Inspection’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘Oversight’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (e)— 

25 (A) by inserting ‘‘, without prior notice to 

26 such repair stations,’’ after ‘‘annually’’; 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘and the applicable laws 

2 of the country in which a repair station is lo3 cated’’ after ‘‘international agreements’’; and 

4 (C) by striking the last sentence and in5 serting ‘‘The Administrator may carry out an6 nounced or unannounced inspections in addition 

7 to the annual unannounced inspection required 

8 under this subsection based on identified risks 

9 and in a manner consistent with United States 

10 obligations under international agreements and 

11 with the applicable laws of the country in which 

12 a repair station is located.’’; 

13 (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub14 section (j); and 

15 (4) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(g) DATA ANALYSIS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An air carrier conducting 

19 operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed20 eral Regulations, shall, if applicable, provide to the 

21 appropriate office of the Administration, not less 

22 than once every year, a report containing the infor23 mation described in paragraph (2) with respect to 

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1 wing aircraft engines) performed in the preceding 

2 year. 

3 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—A report under 

4 paragraph (1) shall contain the following informa5 tion: 

6 ‘‘(A) The location where any heavy mainte7 nance work on aircraft (including on-wing air8 craft engines) was performed outside the 

9 United States. 

10 ‘‘(B) A description of the work performed 

11 at each such location. 

12 ‘‘(C) The date of completion of the work 

13 performed at each such location. 

14 ‘‘(D) A list of all failures, malfunctions, or 

15 defects affecting the safe operation of such air16 craft identified by the air carrier within 30 days 

17 after the date on which an aircraft is returned 

18 to service, organized by reference to aircraft 

19 registration number, that— 

20 ‘‘(i) requires corrective action after 

21 the aircraft is approved for return to serv22 ice; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) results from the work performed 

24 on such aircraft. 


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1 ‘‘(E) The certificate number of the person 

2 approving such aircraft or on-wing aircraft en3 gine, for return to service following completion 

4 of the work performed at each such location. 

5 ‘‘(3) ANALYSIS.—The Administrator of the 

6 Federal Aviation Administration shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) analyze information made available 

8 under paragraph (1) of this subsection and sec9 tions 121.703, 121.705, 121.707, and 145.221 

10 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 

11 successor provisions, to detect safety issues as12 sociated with heavy maintenance work on air13 craft (including on-wing aircraft engines) per14 formed outside the United States; and 

15 ‘‘(B) require appropriate actions in re16 sponse. 

17 ‘‘(4) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Information made 

18 available under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the 

19 same protections given to voluntarily-provided safety 

20 or security related information under section 40123. 

21 ‘‘(h) APPLICATIONS AND PROHIBITION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may not 

23 approve any new application under part 145 of title 

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1 istrator, through the International Aviation Safety 

2 Assessment program, has classified as Category 2. 

3 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

4 apply to an application for the renewal of a certifi5 cate issued under part 145 of title 14, Code of Fed6 eral Regulations. 

7 ‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE IMPLEMENTATION PROCE8 DURES AGREEMENT.—The Administrator may elect 

9 not to enter into a new maintenance implementation 

10 procedures agreement with a country classified as 

11 Category 2, for as long as that country remains clas12 sified as Category 2. 

13 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON CONTINUED HEAVY

14 MAINTENANCE WORK.—No air carrier conducting 

15 operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed16 eral Regulations, may enter into a new contract for 

17 heavy maintenance work with a person located or 

18 headquartered in a country that the Administrator, 

19 through the International Aviation Safety Assess20 ment program, has classified as Category 2, for as 

21 long as such country remains classified as Category 

22 2. 

23 ‘‘(i) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR MECHANICS

24 AND OTHERS WORKING ON U.S. REGISTERED AIR25 CRAFT.— 


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

2 the date of enactment of this subsection, the Admin3 istrator shall require that, at each covered repair 

4 station— 

5 ‘‘(A) all supervisory personnel are appro6 priately certificated as a mechanic or repairman 

7 under part 65 of title 14, Code of Federal Reg8 ulations, or under an equivalent certification or 

9 licensing regime, as determined by the Adminis10 trator; and 

11 ‘‘(B) all personnel authorized to approve 

12 an article for return to service are appropriately 

13 certificated as a mechanic or repairman under 

14 part 65 of such title, or under an equivalent 

15 certification or licensing regime, as determined 

16 by the Administrator. 

17 ‘‘(2) AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION.—Not 

18 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

19 subsection, the Administrator shall require any indi20 vidual who is responsible for approving an article for 

21 return to service or who is directly in charge of air22 craft (including on-wing aircraft engine) mainte23 nance performed on aircraft operated under part 

24 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, be 


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1 available for consultation while work is being per2 formed at a covered repair station.’’. 

3 (b) DEFINITION OF COVERED REPAIR STATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 44733(j) of title 49, 

5 United States Code (as redesignated by this sec6 tion), is amended— 

7 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

8 through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4), re9 spectively; and 

10 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 

11 so redesignated, the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) COVERED REPAIR STATION.—The term 

13 ‘covered repair station’ means a facility that— 

14 ‘‘(A) is located outside the United States; 

15 ‘‘(B) is certificated under part 145 of title 

16 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and 

17 ‘‘(C) performs heavy maintenance work on 

18 aircraft (including on-wing aircraft engines) op19 erated under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed20 eral Regulations.’’. 

21 (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 

22 44733(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘covered part 145 repair sta24 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘part 145 repair stations’’. 


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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The analysis for 

2 chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

3 by striking the item relating to section 44733 and insert4 ing the following: 

‘‘44733. Oversight of repair stations located outside the United States.’’. 

5 SEC. 4. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SAFETY OVER6 SIGHT OF FOREIGN REPAIR STATIONS. 

7 (a) FOREIGN REPAIR STATION WORKING GROUP.— 

8 Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

9 Act, the Administrator shall convene a foreign repair sta10 tion working group with other civil aviation authorities 

11 (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘repair station working 

12 group’’) to conduct a review of the certification and over13 sight of foreign repair stations and to identify any future 

14 enhancements that might be appropriate to strengthen 

15 oversight of such repair stations. 

16 (b) COMPOSITION OF THE REPAIR STATION WORK17 ING GROUP.—The repair station working group shall con18 sist of— 

19 (1) technical representatives from the FAA; and 

20 (2) such other civil aviation authorities or inter21 national intergovernmental aviation safety organiza22 tions as the Administrator shall invite that are will23 ing to participate, including— 

24 (A) civil aviation authorities responsible for 

25 certificating foreign repair stations; and 


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1 (B) civil aviation authorities of countries in 

2 which foreign repair stations are located. 

3 (c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the review under 

4 this section, the repair station working group shall, as ap5 propriate, consult with relevant experts and stakeholders. 

6 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The repair station work7 ing group shall make recommendations with respect to any 

8 future enhancements that might be appropriate to— 

9 (1) strengthen oversight of foreign repair sta10 tions; and 

11 (2) better leverage the resources of other civil 

12 aviation authorities to conduct such oversight. 

13 (e) REPORTS.— 

14 (1) REPAIR STATION WORKING GROUP RE15 PORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

16 first meeting of the repair station working group, 

17 the repair station working group shall submit to the 

18 Administrator a report containing the findings of the 

19 review and each recommendation made under sub20 section (d). 

21 (2) FAA REPORTS.— 

22 (A) TRANSMISSION OF REPAIR STATION

23 WORKING GROUP REPORT.—The Administrator 

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1 resentatives, and the Committee on Commerce, 

2 Science, and Transportation of the Senate the 

3 report required under paragraph (1) as soon as 

4 is practicable after the receipt of such report. 

5 (B) FAA REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not 

6 later than 45 days after receipt of the Report 

7 under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 

8 submit to the Committee on Transportation and 

9 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 

10 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

11 Transportation of the Senate a report con12 taining— 

13 (i) a statement of whether the Admin14 istrator concurs or does not concur with 

15 each recommendation contained in the re16 port required under paragraph (1); 

17 (ii) for any recommendation with 

18 which the Administrator does not concur, a 

19 detailed explanation as to why the Admin20 istrator does not concur; 

21 (iii) a plan to implement each rec22 ommendation related to FAA oversight of 

23 foreign repair stations contained in such 

24 report with which the Administrator con25 curs; and 


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1 (iv) a plan to work with the inter2 national community to implement the rec3 ommendations applicable to both the FAA 

4 as well as other civil aviation authorities. 

5 (f) TERMINATION.—The repair station working 

6 group shall terminate on the earlier of the date of submis7 sion of the report under subsection (e)(1) or on the date 

8 that is 2 years after the repair station working group is 

9 commissioned under subsection (a). 

10 (g) DEFINITION OF FOREIGN REPAIR STATION.—In 

11 this section, the term ‘‘foreign repair station’’ means a re12 pair station that performs heavy maintenance work on an 

13 aircraft (including on-wing engines) and that is located 

14 outside of the territory of the country of the civil aviation 

15 authority which certificated the repair station, including 

16 repair stations certified under part 145 of title 14, Code 

17 of Federal Regulations, which are located outside the 

18 United States and the territories of the United States. 

19 SEC. 5. ALCOHOL AND DRUG TESTING AND BACKGROUND 

20 CHECKS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 24 

22 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad23 ministrator may not approve or authorize international 

24 travel for any employee of the Federal Aviation Adminis25 tration until a final rule carrying out the requirements of 


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1 subsection (b) of section 2112 of the FAA Extension, 

2 Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (49 U.S.C. 44733 note) 

3 has been published in the Federal Register. 

4 (b) RULEMAKING ON ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT.— 

5 With respect to any employee not covered under the re6 quirements of section 1554.101 of title 49, Code of Fed7 eral Regulations, the Administrator shall initiate a rule8 making that requires a covered repair station to confirm 

9 that any such employee has successfully completed an as10 sessment commensurate with a security threat assessment 

11 described in subpart C of part 1540 of such title. 

12 (c) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 

13 shall not apply to international travel that is determined 

14 by the Administrator on an individual by individual basis 

15 to be— 

16 (1) exclusively for the purpose of conducting a 

17 safety inspection; 

18 (2) directly related to aviation safety standards, 

19 certification, and oversight; or 

20 (3) vital to the national interests of the United 

21 States. 

22 (d) NON-DELEGATION AND REPORTING.—For any 

23 determination to make an exception based on the criteria 

24 in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c), the Adminis25 trator— 


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1 (1) may not delegate the authority to make 

2 such a determination to any other individual; and 

3 (2) shall report to the Committee on Transpor4 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent5 atives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

6 and Transportation of the Senate not later than 3 

7 days after making each determination under sub8 section (c)— 

9 (A) the name of the individual approved or 

10 authorized to travel internationally; 

11 (B) the location to which the individual is 

12 traveling; 

13 (C) a detailed explanation of why the Ad14 ministrator has determined the travel is— 

15 (i) directly related to aviation safety 

16 standards, certification, and oversight; or 

17 (ii) vital to the national interests of 

18 the United States; and 

19 (D) a detailed description of the status of 

20 the rulemakings described in subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this Act: 

23 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis24 trator’’ means the Administrator of the FAA. 


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1 (2) COVERED REPAIR STATION.—The term 

2 ‘‘covered repair station’’ means a facility that— 

3 (A) is located outside the United States; 

4 (B) is certificated under part 145 of title 

5 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and 

6 (C) performs heavy maintenance work on 

7 aircraft (including on-wing aircraft engines), 

8 operated under part 121 of title 14, Code of 

9 Federal Regulations. 

10 (3) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed11 eral Aviation Administration. 

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