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SEC. 333. POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR FLIGHT 
STANDARDS INSPECTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44711 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) 
POST-EMPLOYMENT
RESTRICTIONS
FOR 
FLIGHT STANDARDS INSPECTORS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—A person holding an oper-
ating certificate issued under title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, may not knowingly employ, or 
make a contractual arrangement which permits, an 
individual to act as an agent or representative of the 
certificate holder in any matter before the Federal 
Aviation Administration (in this subsection referred 
to as the ‘Agency’) if the individual, in the preceding 
2-year period— 
‘‘(A) served as, or was responsible for over-
sight of, a flight standards inspector of the 
Agency; and 
‘‘(B) had responsibility to inspect, or over-
see inspection of, the operations of the certifi-
cate holder. 
‘‘(2) WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.— 
For purposes of paragraph (1), an individual shall 
be considered to be acting as an agent or representa-
tive of a certificate holder in a matter before the 
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Agency if the individual makes any written or oral 
communication on behalf of the certificate holder to 
the Agency (or any of its officers or employees) in 
connection with a particular matter, whether or not 
involving a specific party and without regard to 
whether the individual has participated in, or had 
responsibility for, the particular matter while serving 
as a flight standards inspector of the Agency.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall not apply to an individual employed by 
a certificate holder as of the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 334. ASSIGNMENT OF PRINCIPAL SUPERVISORY IN-
SPECTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual serving as a prin-
cipal supervisory inspector of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Agency’’) may 
not be responsible for overseeing the operations of a single 
air carrier for a continuous period of more than 5 years. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL PROVISION.—An individual serv-
ing as a principal supervisory inspector of the Agency with 
respect to an air carrier as of the date of enactment of 
this Act may be responsible for overseeing the operations 
of the carrier until the last day of the 5-year period speci-
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fied in subsection (a) or last day of the 2-year period be-
ginning on such date of enactment, whichever is later. 
(c) ISSUANCE OF ORDER.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue an 
order to carry out this section. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 335. HEADQUARTERS REVIEW OF AIR TRANSPOR-
TATION OVERSIGHT SYSTEM DATABASE. 
(a) REVIEWS.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall establish a process by which 
the air transportation oversight system database of the 
Federal Aviation Administration (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Agency’’) is reviewed by a team of employees 
of the Agency, including at least one employee selected by 
the exclusive bargaining representative for aviation safety 
inspectors, on a monthly basis to ensure that— 
(1) any trends in regulatory compliance are 
identified; and 
(2) appropriate corrective actions are taken in 
accordance with Agency regulations, advisory direc-
tives, policies, and procedures. 
(b) MONTHLY TEAM REPORTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The team of employees con-
ducting a monthly review of the air transportation 
oversight system database under subsection (a) shall 
submit to the Administrator, the Associate Adminis-
trator for Aviation Safety, and the Director of 
Flight Standards a report on the results of the re-
view. 
(2) CONTENTS.—A report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall identify— 
(A) any trends in regulatory compliance 
discovered by the team of employees in con-
ducting the monthly review; and 
(B) any corrective actions taken or pro-
posed to be taken in response to the trends. 
(c) QUARTERLY REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Ad-
ministrator, on a quarterly basis, shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
results of reviews of the air transportation oversight sys-
tem database conducted under this section, including cop-
ies of reports received under subsection (b). 
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SEC. 336. IMPROVED VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE REPORTING 
SYSTEM. 
(a) VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE REPORTING PROGRAM 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Voluntary Disclo-
sure Reporting Program’’ means the program established 
by the Federal Aviation Administration through Advisory 
Circular 00–58A, dated September 8, 2006, including any 
subsequent revisions thereto. 
(b) VERIFICATION.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall modify the Voluntary 
Disclosure Reporting Program to require inspectors to— 
(1) verify that air carriers implement com-
prehensive solutions to correct the underlying causes 
of the violations voluntarily disclosed by such air 
carriers; and 
(2) confirm, before approving a final report of 
a violation, that the violation, or another violation 
occurring under the same circumstances, has not 
been previously discovered by an inspector or self- 
disclosed by the air carrier. 
(c) SUPERVISORY REVIEW
OF VOLUNTARY SELF 
DISCLOSURES.—The Administrator shall establish a proc-
ess by which voluntary self-disclosures received from air 
carriers are reviewed and approved by a supervisor after 
the initial review by an inspector. 
(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL STUDY.— 
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