I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1981 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary 
of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to issue 
regulations establishing security standards for foreign repair stations 
performing maintenance for aircraft used to provide air transportation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2007 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Ms. JACKSON- 
LEE of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assist-
ant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Se-
curity Administration) to issue regulations establishing 
security standards for foreign repair stations performing 
maintenance for aircraft used to provide air transpor-
tation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPAIR STATION SECURITY. 
(a) SECURITY STANDARDS.—Section 44924 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘(h) SECURITY STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICABILITY OF SECURITY STANDARDS 
TO MAINTENANCE WORK PERFORMED AT AIRCRAFT 
REPAIR STATIONS.—In issuing the regulations under 
subsection (f), the Assistant Secretary shall ensure 
that comparable security standards apply to mainte-
nance work performed by employees of air carriers 
under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and maintenance work performed by employ-
ees of repair stations certified under part 145 of 
that title. 
‘‘(2) EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATIONS AND RE-
STRICTIONS.—The regulations shall ensure that an 
individual employed in a position at a repair station 
certified under part 145 of title 14, Code of Regula-
tions, in which the individual performs maintenance 
of aircraft used to provide air transportation is sub-
ject the employment requirements and restrictions of 
section 44936 in the same manner as an individual 
in a position described in section 44936(a)(1). 
‘‘(i) FAILURE TO MEET REGULATION DEADLINE.— 
If the Assistant Secretary does not issue final regulations 
under subsection (f) on or before the 60th day following 
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Assistant 
Secretary shall issue an order prohibiting the use, after 
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such 60th day, of foreign repair stations certified under 
part 145 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, for the 
maintenance of aircraft used to provide air transportation, 
except in the case of an emergency. The Assistant Sec-
retary may revoke the order after the date of issuance of 
such regulations.’’. 
(b) 9-MONTH DEADLINE
FOR SECURITY REVIEW 
AND AUDIT.—Subsections (a) and (d) of section 44924 
of such title are amended by striking ‘‘18 months’’ and 
inserting ‘‘9 months’’. 
(c) REFERENCES TO UNDER SECRETARY.—Section 
44924 of such title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary for Border and Transportation Security of 
the Department of Homeland Security’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 
(Transportation Security Administration)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’. 
Æ 
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