IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7321 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 11, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require certain 
air carriers to provide reports with respect to mainte-
nance, preventive maintenance, or alterations, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Aircraft Main-
tenance Safety Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the safety of the global aviation system re-
quires the highest standards for aircraft mainte-
nance, repair, and overhaul work; 
(2) the safety of aircraft operated by United 
States air carriers should not be dependent on the 
location where maintenance, repair, and overhaul 
work is performed; and 
(3) the Federal Aviation Administration must 
fully enforce, in a manner consistent with United 
States obligations under international agreements, 
Federal Aviation Administration standards for main-
tenance, repair, and overhaul work at every facility, 
whether in the United States or abroad, where such 
work is performed on aircraft operated by United 
States air carriers. 
SEC. 3. FAA OVERSIGHT OF REPAIR STATIONS LOCATED 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44733 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘Inspection’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Oversight’’; 
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(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, without prior notice to 
such repair stations,’’ after ‘‘annually’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and the applicable laws 
of the country in which a repair station is lo-
cated’’ after ‘‘international agreements’’; and 
(C) by striking the last sentence and in-
serting ‘‘The Administrator may carry out an-
nounced or unannounced inspections in addition 
to the annual unannounced inspection required 
under this subsection based on identified risks 
and in a manner consistent with United States 
obligations under international agreements and 
with the applicable laws of the country in which 
a repair station is located.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (j); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) DATA ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An air carrier conducting 
operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, shall, if applicable, provide to the 
appropriate office of the Administration, not less 
than once every year, a report containing the infor-
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mation described in paragraph (2) with respect to 
heavy maintenance work on aircraft (including on- 
wing aircraft engines) performed in the preceding 
year. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—A report under 
paragraph (1) shall contain the following informa-
tion: 
‘‘(A) The location where any heavy mainte-
nance work on aircraft (including on-wing air-
craft engines) was performed outside the 
United States. 
‘‘(B) A description of the work performed 
at each such location. 
‘‘(C) The date of completion of the work 
performed at each such location. 
‘‘(D) A list of all failures, malfunctions, or 
defects affecting the safe operation of such air-
craft identified by the air carrier within 30 days 
after the date on which an aircraft is returned 
to service, organized by reference to aircraft 
registration number, that— 
‘‘(i) requires corrective action after 
the aircraft is approved for return to serv-
ice; and 
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‘‘(ii) results from the work performed 
on such aircraft. 
‘‘(E) The certificate number of the person 
approving such aircraft or on-wing aircraft en-
gine, for return to service following completion 
of the work performed at each such location. 
‘‘(3) ANALYSIS.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall— 
‘‘(A) analyze information made available 
under paragraph (1) of this subsection and sec-
tions 121.703, 121.705, 121.707, and 145.221 
of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
successor provisions, to detect safety issues as-
sociated with heavy maintenance work on air-
craft (including on-wing aircraft engines) per-
formed outside the United States; and 
‘‘(B) require appropriate actions in re-
sponse. 
‘‘(4) 
CONFIDENTIALITY.—Information 
made 
available under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the 
same protections given to voluntarily-provided safety 
or security related information under section 40123. 
‘‘(h) APPLICATIONS AND PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may not 
approve any new application under part 145 of title 
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14, Code of Federal Regulations, from a person lo-
cated or headquartered in a country that the Admin-
istrator, through the International Aviation Safety 
Assessment program, has classified as Category 2. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to an application for the renewal of a certifi-
cate issued under part 145 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
‘‘(3) MAINTENANCE IMPLEMENTATION PROCE-
DURES AGREEMENT.—The Administrator may elect 
not to enter into a new maintenance implementation 
procedures agreement with a country classified as 
Category 2, for as long as that country remains clas-
sified as Category 2. 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION
ON
CONTINUED
HEAVY 
MAINTENANCE
WORK.—No air carrier conducting 
operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, may enter into a new contract for 
heavy maintenance work with a person located or 
headquartered in a country that the Administrator, 
through the International Aviation Safety Assess-
ment program, has classified as Category 2, for as 
long as such country remains classified as Category 
2. 
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‘‘(i) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
FOR MECHANICS 
AND OTHERS WORKING
ON U.S. REGISTERED AIR-
CRAFT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Admin-
istrator shall require that, at each covered repair 
station— 
‘‘(A) all supervisory personnel are appro-
priately certificated as a mechanic or repairman 
under part 65 of title 14, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, or under an equivalent certification or 
licensing regime, as determined by the Adminis-
trator; and 
‘‘(B) all personnel authorized to approve 
an article for return to service are appropriately 
certificated as a mechanic or repairman under 
part 65 of such title, or under an equivalent 
certification or licensing regime, as determined 
by the Administrator. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABLE
FOR
CONSULTATION.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Administrator shall require any indi-
vidual who is responsible for approving an article for 
return to service or who is directly in charge of air-
craft (including on-wing aircraft engine) mainte-
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nance performed on aircraft operated under part 
121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, be 
available for consultation while work is being per-
formed at a covered repair station.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF COVERED REPAIR STATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 44733(j) of title 49, 
United States Code (as redesignated by this sec-
tion), is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (3) as paragraphs (2) through (4), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
REPAIR
STATION.—The term 
‘covered repair station’ means a facility that— 
‘‘(A) is located outside the United States; 
‘‘(B) is certificated under part 145 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
‘‘(C) performs heavy maintenance work on 
aircraft (including on-wing aircraft engines) op-
erated under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations.’’. 
(2) 
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section 
44733(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is 
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amended by striking ‘‘covered part 145 repair sta-
tions’’ and inserting ‘‘part 145 repair stations’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The analysis for 
chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 44733 and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘44733. Oversight of repair stations located outside the United States.’’. 
SEC. 4. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SAFETY OVER-
SIGHT OF FOREIGN REPAIR STATIONS. 
(a) FOREIGN REPAIR STATION WORKING GROUP.— 
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall convene a foreign repair sta-
tion working group with other civil aviation authorities 
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘repair station working 
group’’) to conduct a review of the certification and over-
sight of foreign repair stations and to identify any future 
enhancements that might be appropriate to strengthen 
oversight of such repair stations. 
(b) COMPOSITION OF THE REPAIR STATION WORK-
ING GROUP.—The repair station working group shall con-
sist of— 
(1) technical representatives from the FAA; and 
(2) such other civil aviation authorities or inter-
national intergovernmental aviation safety organiza-
tions as the Administrator shall invite that are will-
ing to participate, including— 
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report with which the Administrator con-
curs; and 
(iv) a plan to work with the inter-
national community to implement the rec-
ommendations applicable to both the FAA 
as well as other civil aviation authorities. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The repair station working 
group shall terminate on the earlier of the date of submis-
sion of the report under subsection (e)(1) or on the date 
that is 2 years after the repair station working group is 
commissioned under subsection (a). 
(g) DEFINITION OF FOREIGN REPAIR STATION.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘foreign repair station’’ means a re-
pair station that performs heavy maintenance work on an 
aircraft (including on-wing engines) and that is located 
outside of the territory of the country of the civil aviation 
authority which certificated the repair station, including 
repair stations certified under part 145 of title 14, Code 
of Federal Regulations, which are located outside the 
United States and the territories of the United States. 
SEC. 5. ALCOHOL AND DRUG TESTING AND BACKGROUND 
CHECKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 24 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator may not approve or authorize international 
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travel for any employee of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration until a final rule carrying out the requirements of 
subsection (b) of section 2112 of the FAA Extension, 
Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (49 U.S.C. 44733 note) 
has been published in the Federal Register. 
(b) RULEMAKING ON ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT.— 
With respect to any employee not covered under the re-
quirements of section 1554.101 of title 49, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, the Administrator shall initiate a rule-
making that requires a covered repair station to confirm 
that any such employee has successfully completed an as-
sessment commensurate with a security threat assessment 
described in subpart C of part 1540 of such title. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to international travel that is determined 
by the Administrator on an individual by individual basis 
to be— 
(1) exclusively for the purpose of conducting a 
safety inspection; 
(2) directly related to aviation safety standards, 
certification, and oversight; or 
(3) vital to the national interests of the United 
States. 
(d) NON-DELEGATION AND REPORTING.—For any 
determination to make an exception based on the criteria 
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in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (c), the Adminis-
trator— 
(1) may not delegate the authority to make 
such a determination to any other individual; and 
(2) shall report to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate not later than 3 
days after making each determination under sub-
section (c)— 
(A) the name of the individual approved or 
authorized to travel internationally; 
(B) the location to which the individual is 
traveling; 
(C) a detailed explanation of why the Ad-
ministrator has determined the travel is— 
(i) directly related to aviation safety 
standards, certification, and oversight; or 
(ii) vital to the national interests of 
the United States; and 
(D) a detailed description of the status of 
the rulemakings described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the FAA. 
(2) COVERED
REPAIR
STATION.—The term 
‘‘covered repair station’’ means a facility that— 
(A) is located outside the United States; 
(B) is certificated under part 145 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(C) performs heavy maintenance work on 
aircraft (including on-wing aircraft engines), 
operated under part 121 of title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(3) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Federal 
Aviation Administration. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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